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Written by Yuset Puig Pupo

Published: 29 July 2025

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• Dr. Ernesto Guevara General Teaching Hospital
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation service

When Osbeli walked through the doors of the Doctor Ernesto Guevara de la Serna General Teaching Hospital, she couldn't do it on her own; she was confined to a wheelchair. She had previously been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. In its acute phase, the disease had reduced her mobility, and she required constant assistance to cope with her 49 years of life.

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Written by Yuset Puig Pupo / Photos: ReyLópez

Published: 20 July 2025

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• blood donations
• voluntary blood donors

Around 4:00 p.m., the ringing of the telephone made Nersa look at her watch. A request for blood had come in from Dr. Ernesto Guevara General Teaching Hospital. An elderly woman in her 32nd week of pregnancy, with a high-risk pregnancy, had undergone emergency surgery due to bleeding. She didn't think twice. A mother was defending the possibility of having her child with her life, and she needed help.

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Written by Yuset Puig Pupo

Published: 12 July 2025

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• 2024 Cuban Academy of Sciences Awards
• dermatologist Yordania Velázquez Ávila

To the pride of the people of Las Tunas, Dr. Yordania Velázquez Ávila, Doctor of Medical Sciences, was awarded one of the prizes issued by the Cuban Academy of Sciences in the category of Biomedical Sciences, as a result of her arduous research into the most notable scientific work carried out during 2024.

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Written by Yuset Puig and István Ojeda / Photo: Courtesy of the "Guevara" Hospital

Published: 28 June 2025

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After several months of interruption due to a lack of batteries, Axial Computed Tomography (ACT) studies were restored in the Imaging Department of the Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna General Teaching Hospital, thanks to the solidarity and financial support of people from Italy and the United Arab Emirates.