By Prensa Latina, in collaboration with EmbaCuba Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica, 5 August 2020. At the end of July, the contingent of Cuban doctors working in Jamaica reported a total of 49,838 consultations, deemed today as a notable increase in the joint efforts made to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to data provided to Prensa Latina by the Cuban diplomatic mission in Kingston, during the 31 days of last July the 433 healthcare professionals-brigade reported 1,500 cases attended more than those from the previous month, to intensify their support to the fight against Covid-19 and other diseases.
Committed to bring well-being and under the humanistic principle of solidarity, all members of the brigade from the largest island in the Antilles saved 870 lives and carried out 59,662 nursing procedures, figures that rise above those achieved last June.
Notwithstanding the scourge of Covid-19, Cuban internationalists continue to develop Operation Miracle. One hundred twenty-eight of 402 total surgeries performed in July were retina tear laser surgeries, which helped multiple Jamaican nationals to recover their sight.
In this period, 40 Cubans ―including members of the state mission and healthcare workers― volunteered to a massive blood donation as an additional contribution to the fight against the pandemic and to commemorate the 67th anniversary of Cuba’s Day of National Rebellion.
Information shared by the Cuban embassy states that so far, no Covid-19 confirmed cases have been reported by the medical contingent.
According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ statistical report, in the last few days Jamaica recorded two Covid-19-related deaths and the number of cases confirmed to the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, exceeds 900 infected, 82.1 percent of which have recovered already.
The Cuban medical mission renders services in the four regions and all 14 parishes of the Jamaican health system, working along with local professionals in hospitals and primary care centres.
In February this year, Cuba and Jamaica extended for other three years the Bilateral Agreement on Technical Cooperation in Health, which began in 2015 and allows the provision of specialized medical care in different areas.