Venezuela to Use Cuban Treatment for Diabetics

HAVANA TIMES, Oct. 25 — Venezuela’s programme for the general care of diabetic patients will start applying the Cuban medicine Heberprot-P, of proven effectiveness in the cure of diabetic foot ulcers, the local press reported. That medicine, which has already benefitted more than 18,000 patients on the island, was created by the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Centre (CIGB), reported IPS.