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   Cuban medical team services in quake-torn areas lauded   
   ISLAMABAD: Islamabad lauded the Cuban government for extending every   
   cooperation with special reference sending medical team to treat   
   quake-survivors in devastated quake-ravaged areas.   
      
   This was stated by Asma Fatma, representative of Foreign Office here at a   
   farewell ceremony arranged for the second batch of 126 Cuban doctors who are   
   going back to Cuba on Sunday (today).   
      
   The Foreign Office representative appreciated the Cuban government for   
   providing medical support to the earthquake survivors.   
      
   She further said that the people of earthquake-hit areas will remember the   
   services of the Cuban doctors forever.   
      
   The colorful ceremony was attended by Foreign Office representative, Asma   
   Fatma, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban First Deputy Minister of Foreign   
   Affairs, Cuban Charge d' Affairs and ambassador designate to Pakistan, Ivan   
   Mora Godoy and Juan Carlos Dupuy Nuñez, Chief of the Cuban Medical.   
      
   Addressing on the occasion, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said, "The weather was   
   harsh and our team faced problems but they provided services to ailing   
   community with commitment."   
      
   He said that the departing team is happy but at the same time they are sad   
   as they have made friends here and they will remember them for a long time   
   to come.   
      
   "The Cuban government will train Pakistani doctors who will replace the   
   Cuban doctors to use the equipments and hospitals in the earthquake-hit   
   areas set up by the Cubans as they are going back in phases but will leave   
   the field hospitals and equipments behind", the minister informed.   
      
   He added that the state of the art equipments brought from Cuba will remain   
   here which will used by the Pakistani government.   
      
   Besides this the Cuban government has also announced 1000 scholarships for   
   Pakistanis mainly in the health sector and formal proposal to the government   
   has been sent to the government in this regard, he informed.   
      
   "Cuba has advanced health set up and 2823 doctors and paramedics are working   
   in 70 countries of the world", she said and added that the Pakistani doctors   
   after getting scholarships will get state of the art training in our   
   country.   
      
   Giving details of the Cuban health sector, he said that more that 30000   
   students from Asia Latin America and Asia are studying medicines in   
   different Cuban universities.   
      
   The minister further said the Cuban government will take more patients for   
   advance treatment from earthquake-hit areas to Cuba.   
      
   He said that we have already taken 14 patients along with one attendant each   
   to Cuba and they are getting modern treatment there and it is hoped that   
   they will come back fully recovered.   
      
   During the farewell ceremony two doctors presented a Cuban song which   
   enthralled the participants.   
      
   It is pertinent to mention here that the first group of Cuban doctors   
   arrived in Pakistan on October 14. This group has been working in the   
   earthquake-hit areas of NWFP and Azad Kashmir. They have set up 39 hospitals   
   in these areas and providing modern health care to the survivors of the   
   earthquake.   
      
   The first batch of 78 doctors and paramedics left Pakistan for Cuba a week   
   ago and the Pakistan government hosted a farewell in their honor and highly   
   appreciated their services. One Cuban doctor also died in the quake-hit   
   areas along with Pakistani doctors.   
      
   So far the Cuban doctors have assisted 1 million patients and conducted 7790   
   operations.   
      
   The Cuban government has donated more than 100 tons of medicines, surgical   
   instruments and material more than 150 tons of medical and hospitals   
   equipments.   
      
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