HAVANA TIMES — Two hundred Cuban doctors left today from Quito to various remote regions of Ecuador, to provide medical care to patients and offer technical assistance for training of local staff, reported Prensa Latina.
The day before, the Ecuadorian Deputy Health Minister, David Acurio, welcomed the Cubans and explained that in addition to serving citizens, they would help strengthen health teams of the different territories.
The newly arrived Cuban specialists will join hundreds of other doctors from the island already working in the South American nation as part of an agreement between Quito and Havana, which seeks to ensure health services for the entire Ecuadorian population.
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