Latin Americans-Caribbeans Benefitted from Free Eye Surgery Program
Over 375,600 Latin Americans and Caribbeans benefited from Operation Milagros presently.
Milagro´s Operation a Cuban-Venezuelan program of free-eye surgery that began since 2004, according to official figures.
Since the beginning of the program 375,619 patients have undergone eye surgery among them 79,828 Cubans and 295,791 foreigners in Cuba and other countries, shows the Public Health Ministry (MINSAP) data published by the Cuban press.
The director of Cuba Ophthalmology Institute Marcelino Rios said his country has 800 ophthalmologists available and is training other 1,000 while developing exchanging programs with specialists from United States, Japan, Italy and Spain.
Rios explained the surgery program began in Cuba but recently new ophthalmologic centres were established in Venezuela and Bolivia with Cuban doctors working in them. Other big centres will be created in Africa and Asia, asserted Rios.
Filed under Cataract Surgery, Eye Treatment
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January 4th, 2007 at 1:55 am
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