Health Minister José Angel Portal Miranda spoke with Cuban collaborators providing services in Turkey. Author: Health Minister José Angel Portal Miranda
“Let our people know that we will continue to work as before, and we will comply.” This was the message that the health officials in Turkey asked us to convey to the Cuban people a few hours ago when we had an exchange with the head of the medical team and several members of Henry Riva who provide services there.
As Health Minister José Angel Miranda told Portal Miranda on his Facebook profile, the video call dialogue took place during a brief transit stop they made in that country on their way to Azerbaijan, where they participate as part of a delegation led by the Vice President of the Republic, Salvador Valdez Mesa, in a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
The minister wrote that from various points in the province of Kahramanmaras, we spoke with collaborators who were busy with their daily activities, “promoting and styling the name of Cuba and its medicine,” we were told, one of them said when we wanted to know about their working days with the people of Turkey.
Since arriving in this country, just six days after the devastating earthquake, Henry Reeve’s team has treated nearly 2,000 patients and performed more than 3,000 medical procedures. He added that these are specialists in the field of complex general medicine, surgeons, orthopedists, intensive care workers and many others who have not stopped accompanying the Turkish people in all the places they need.
He said knowing their experience, how they were integrated into the medical teams, and how people greeted them was very rewarding.
Undoubtedly, these are days of great growth for them, especially for the young pediatrician who has become “the protagonist, beacon and guide here for us,” as Dr. Juan Carlos Dupuy Nunez, who leads the team, told us.
While each of our staff contributes greatly to each of their functions, she is a terrific young lady who, through her knowledge and respect, has earned a leading role in both the hospital and the pediatrics projection. in the community, emphasized the Miranda Portal.
Like her, the rest of the staff also grew up, some very young and others not so young, who formed a wonderful work team, which I once again asked to be a big family and work with responsibility and dedication, which they have done so far and let them deserve love and respect of the Turkish people, he stressed.
Words of gratitude were conveyed during the exchange by one of the Turkish translators, who daily accompanies the work of the team.
“Thank you on behalf of the people and our country for the support and tremendous help that this brigade offers us,” he said and shared with us the honor it means for him to be with them, who are part of the “Exemplary Cuban Health System”.
“To them, as well as to the people of Turkey, all Cuba’s gratitude for the welcome they have given our employees and the confirmation that they will accompany them in all places where they can be useful and for as long as they are needed.
“To the valuable team of Henry Reeve who is there, I convey our trust and a huge hug on behalf of the country’s top leadership, the team of the Ministry of Health, their colleagues and, in a special way, the Cuban people who so appreciate the actions they are doing on this brotherly land .
“Shortly before leaving for Azerbaijan, I spoke on the phone with Dr. Suleyman Ozsari, Deputy Director General for Public Health of the Turkish Ministry of Health, whoHe was accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Health of Turkey, Tolga Tolunay, who expressed his gratitude for the speech brigade since its arrival in the country,” he concluded.
Source: Juventud Rebelde