[NYTr] Cuban Doctors Have Seen 5,000+ Felix Victims in Nicaragua

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Cuban Doctors Hav Seen 5,000+ Hurricane Felix Victims in Nicaragua

Havana, Sept 10 (acn) The 61 Cuban doctors serving in the Nicaraguan 
municipalities of Puerto Cabeza and Waspam have treated over 5,000 
victims of hurricane Felix which last week hit Nicaragua's North 
Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN).

The Cuban physicians have established tent hospitals in the disaster 
area where the natural phenomenon caused 65 deaths and 134 missing 
people, according to official reports.

The Cuban ambassador in Nicaragua, Luis Hernandez, visited the island's 
medical staff, toured several communities in the RAAN, and met with 
local authorities in the region.

Cuba's cooperation with Nicaragua in the field of healthcare began in 
last April with the opening of an ophthalmologic clinic near the 
capital Managua. There are currently 208 Cuban health workers serving 
in that Central American nation.

The head of the Cuban international brigade, Luis Carlos Avila, said 
prevention campaigns are being carried out in the hurricane-hit 
communities where a slight increase in diarrhea cases have been 
reported.