The health system in the province of Holguín guarantees nursing care in rural and hard-to-reach areas of the municipality of Mayarí, one of the territories of the Cuban state program of attention to mountain people called Plan Turquino.
Mariluz Simales Cruz, municipal advisor of Primary Attention, highlighted to the ACN that there are 11 medical offices located in Mayarí, Pinares de Mayarí, Arroyo Seco, La Ayúa and Cabonico de Levisa, where health professionals reside in those communities.
She emphasized that in these areas, promotion and prevention actions are carried out, taking into account the resoluteness, the use of local resources, as well as alternative therapies of natural and traditional medicine.
She also pointed out that in these population settlements, through the Maternal and Infant Care Program, priority is given to the care of vulnerable sectors such as pregnant women, postpartum and nursing mothers, and young people at preconceptional risk.
Simales Cruz also emphasized the importance of field visits, which strengthen the relationship between doctors and patients and enable the resolution of most of the population’s health problems.
The also called Plan Turquino-Manatí in the province of Holguín comprise the highlands of the municipalities of Cueto, Mayarí, Frank País, Sagua de Tánamo and Moa, in which are executed comprehensive programs for the development of agriculture, cattle raising, education, taking into account the improvement of the quality of life of the population and the harmony with the environment.
Cuba has 11,400 medical offices, of which 1,000 are located in Holguín, involved in an improvement program adapted to the needs of the population and social participation, with individual, family and community self-responsibility.
With information from Cuban News Agency / Translated by Radio Angulo
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