[NYTr] Cuban Doctors Attend Health Fair in Bolivia

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Cuban Doctors Attend Health Fair in Bolivia

Havana, Aug 27 (acn) As part of the Operation Miracle eye-treatment 
program, Cuban doctors who are doing humanitarian medical service in 
Bolivia attended a health fair held in the Bolivian municipality of El 
Alto.

The Cuban doctors working in El Alto are mainly focused on registering 
all cases of cataracts and pterygium. Thanks to the program, those 
patients will get an aye surgery, after which they will be able to 
recover their sight.

The Fair was held with the support of the Nursery School of the 
Universidad Mayor de San Andres, in La Paz. During the event, free 
medical consultations in all specialties were offered to low-income 
local residents, according to a PL report.

Isabel Gomez, La Paz coordinator of the Cuba-Venezuela led Operation 
Miracle program, said Bolivians are very grateful for the treatment 
provided by Cuban doctors in the area.

She said the initiative allows numerous poor families, including those 
living far from the cities to receive medical treatment and information 
on different community-based health programs.