Fidel Castro Sends Greetings to Members of Henry Reeve Medical Brigade
2010.02.11 - 17:00:43 / web@radiorebelde.icrt.cu
HAVANA, Cuba. - The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, sent greetings to the first contingent of the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for Emergency Situations, comprised of 200 professionals from 24 countries, that traveled this morning to Haiti.
During a ceremony at the Havana-based Latin American School of Medicine (LASM) in which the group of health professionals were presented with the Cuban flag that will accompany them in Haiti, the graduates reiterated their gratitude to Fidel Castro, the main promoter of this initiative and of peoples’ integration.
Public Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer recalled that the LASM was inaugurated on November 15, 1999, by Fidel Castro and added that over 7,000 doctors from 30 countries have graduated from the education center.
He explained that the Henry Reeve brigade, comprised of more than 1,000 sanitary specialists, has the ability to become operational from 24-48 hours and it is ready to assist the needy peoples of the world.
“These men and women, full of ethical and humanist values, have made history in nations such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Bolivia, Peru and El Salvador. They are examples of professionalism saving lives in the most difficult conditions,” the health official noted.
“You renew our confidence in the future. Solidarity should be the most precious virtue of all of us who intend to change the world and make human beings the main purpose of our existence,” Balaguer concluded.
Present in the ceremony were Jose Miyar Barrueco, Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment; Juan Carrizo, founding rector of the LASM; and relatives of five Cuban antiterrorist fighters who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States.
(ACN)
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