The professionalism of the Cuban doctors who are currently providing their service in Calabria. Is recognized by the health authorities of that southern Italian region. But above all by the population, according to local media.
A note published by the newspaper Quotidiano del Sud refers to the recent case of a 40-year-old Calabrian woman. Who arrived at the emergency room of the Polistena Hospital. In the province of Reggio Calabria, to which a high-level specialist from that Caribbean nation detected a rare disease.
The report points out the gratitude of the patient’s relatives to the Cuban cardiologist Adrián Naranjo. For saving that life for his accurate diagnosis of Brugada Syndrome. A serious disease of genetic origin, which allowed prompt treatment.
It is a disease that predisposes to the risk of malignant ventricular arrhythmias. And can be a cause of sudden death in young adults with structurally healthy hearts.
The recognition, as noted, is extended to all the members of this brigada. Which provides assistance in 27 hospitals in the Calabrian provinces of Catanzaro, Vivo Valentía, Reggio Calabria, Cosenza and Crotone.
In statements made last year to that news outlet. The Cuban ambassador to Italy said that “no campaign of discredit or demoralization can resist the force of the daily testimonies of Calabrians treated by Cuban doctors.”
“I invite you to contact them and interview them. The patients are the ones who can really tell the truth and their experiences,” he said. Adding that “the truth is that Cuban and Italian doctors working in Calabria have jointly managed to bring hope and health services to a region that needs them.”
This Cuban solidarity health care in Italy is a continuation of that provided in 2020 by brigades of the Henry Reeve Medical Contingent. In the northern cities of Crema and Turin, during the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The first 51 specialists stationed in Calabria arrived in Italy in December 2022, and 120 were later added. Who arrived in August 2023, while another 106 joined at the beginning of 2024. Also the last 66 joined that group in October last year, for a total of 330 to date.
Most of these doctors previously provided their services in other nations. As part of the solidarity health aid that Cuba provides to the world. And have extensive professional experience in 22 specialties such as general surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics and cardiology, among others.
More than 40 percent work in the emergency rooms of Calabrian hospitals. Where they are most needed. Dr. Luis Enrique Perez, head of the Cuban Medical Mission in Italy, told Prensa Latina.
With information from Prensa Latina / Translated by Radio Angulo
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