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   Cuba hands over two field hospitals to IIMC-T to Pakistan   
   'Pakistan Times' Diplomatic Desk   
      
   ISLAMABAD: The Cuban government has handed over two field hospitals to the   
   Islamic International Medical College Trust (IIMC-T).   
      
   A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed at an   
   impressive ceremony held here.   
      
   Cuban Ambassador-designate to Pakistan, Mr. Lie Ivan Mora Godoy signed the   
   MoU on behalf of the Cuban government with the IIMC-T, donating all the   
   equipment of the field hospitals located in Hattian Bala, Azad Jammu and   
   Kashmir, and Attar Shisha in the NWFP.   
      
   According to a press release issued here on Saturday, Hasan M. Khan, Deputy   
   Managing Trustee and Prof Chancellor of Riphah International University,   
   signed the MoU on behalf of the IIMC-T.   
      
   Speaking on the occasion, Godoy said soon after the October-8 earthquake,   
   the Cuban Embassy provided medicines and relevant equipment besides   
   establishing more than 30 hospitals in the quake-hit areas.   
      
   He said the Cuban government provided unprecedented help to Pakistan for the   
   last six months to ensure indispensable medical care to the victims of the   
   disaster-hit areas.   
      
   MoU with the IIMC-T   
      
   He said the Cuban government has signed the MoU with the IIMC-T to ensure   
   continued medical care to the affectees in the quake-hit areas.   
      
   He said the Embassy also shifted 14 patients to Cuba for advance treatment,   
   where those were recovering and soon will be back to Pakistan.   
      
   He said more patients will be shifted to Cuba and the Cuban doctors will   
   also impart modern training to Pakistani doctors to treat such patients. He   
   said Cuba had also announced 1000 scholarships in medicines for Pakistani   
   students.   
      
   Hasan M Khan thanked the Cuban doctors' team for providing timely help to   
   the earthquake victims. He added that the people of Pakistan will remember   
   this great service forever.   
      
   Lauding the Cuban doctors' meritorious services, he said the Cuban team was   
   the largest foreign mission ever to Pakistan which worked day and night with   
   commitment and provided relief to the earthquake victims.   
      
   He also paid tributes to a Cuban doctor who accidently lost his life in the   
   earthquake-hit areas during a relief operation.   
      
   He hoped that Cuban cooperation in the field of medicine will continue with   
   Islamic International Medical College Trust and Riphah International   
   University.   
      
   Later, Mr. Hasan presented shields of IIMC-T to the Ambassador-designate and   
   Cuban doctors.   
      
   The Vice Chancellor of Riphah International University, Professor Dr Anis   
   Ahmed, Administrator IIMC-T Pakistan Railway Hospital Dr Umar Awwab Khan,   
   Dental Surgeon Dr. Yawar Hayat Khan, and a large number of Cuban doctors   
   attended the ceremony..   
      
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