Our health professionals continue to support with medical assistance in Türkiye. In spite of the low temperatures and fighting against the cold and physical distances, but making clear the Marti's maxim that "Helping those in need is not only a part of duty, but also of happiness".
The pediatrician who is part of the Cuban Medical Brigade in Türkiye, Dr. Alemy Paret Rodríguez, has already treated more than 30 children in the province of Kahramanmaras, a city located in the epicenter of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook this country.
Since their arrival in Türkiye, members of the Cuban Medical Brigade have been assisting the Turkish people in the early hours of the morning and left for two camps with survivors of the earthquake, located in towns in the province of Kahramanmarash (epicenter of the first earthquake): Afşin and Elbistan.
With the aim of contributing to the improvement of the working conditions of the Cuban Medical Brigade, the President of the Cuba-Turkey Friendship Association "José Martí" Nahide Özkan made a donation of various items for the use of Cuban doctors.
The Cuban medical brigade integrated by members of the International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Situations of Disasters and Serious Epidemics "Henry Reeve" that arrived in Turkey to provide assistance to the victims of the earthquake of great intensity that affected this nation last February 6, was located in the Necip Fazıl Şehir Hospital located in the city of Kahramanmaraş.