[NYTr] Thousands of Nicaraguans Benefit from Cuban Medical Aid
 
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:17:52 -0500 (CDT)

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Thousand of Nicaraguans Benefit from Cuban Medical Aid

Havana, Oct 18 (acn) Some 10,000 Nicaraguans have recovered their sight 
after undergoing eye surgery at a modern ophthalmologic center staffed 
with Cuban specialists and based 15 kilometers northeast of the capital 
Managua, in Ciudad Sandino.

The head of the Cuban medical brigade in Nicaragua, Luis Carlos Avila, 
said the local authorities and the inhabitants of City of Sandino have 
organized a ceremony to celebrate this achievement on Tuesday in front 
of the hospital, reports Prensa Latina news agency.

The opening of the healthcare facility, which was attended in April by 
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, is part of the Operation Miracle 
eye-surgery project promoted by Cuba and Venezuela as part of the 
Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), regional integration 
program.

Operation Miracle aims to operate free of charge on some 6 million 
Latin American patients affected by curable eye diseases in the coming 
ten years.

The Cuban government will open two other ophthalmologic centers in two 
Atlantic autonomous regions in Nicaragua mostly inhabited by ethnic 
groups.

The Cuban medical cooperation in Nicaragua includes the inauguration of 
two field hospitals in Waspam and Muelle de los Bueyes.
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