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2nd December 2005, 05:26
12,000 Panamanians per year to receive sight operations in Cuba
Fidel receives President Martin Torrijos in the Palace of the Revolution, after he traveled to Havana to greet the first group of 74 Panamanian patients
PRESIDENT Fidel Castro had official talks with the Panamanian leader Martin Torrijos, who traveled to Havana to greet the first 74 patients from that country to receive sight operations as part of Operation Miracle.
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Official photo of the visit. Fidel also accompanied Torrijos to the airport.
After a tight program on November 30, Torrijos was accompanied to the airport by Fidel, who expressed his pleasure at the visit.
On coming in person to greet his compatriots, accompanied by Cuban Health Minister Jos Ramn Balaguer, President Torrijos confirmed the beginning of new links of cooperation, fraternity and understanding between Panama and Cuba.
Today the miracle of Operation Miracle is beginning, he stated, on thanking the Cuban people and government for their solidarity and support in restoring hope to many Panamanians.
This first group sets in action an agreement between the Health Ministries of both nations to perform up to 12,000 operations per year with highly qualified Cuban doctors and advanced technology in the ophthalmologic field.
We do not have the facilities to perform these operations in Panama and this project will really have a great social impact in our country, affirmed Torrijos.
The patients include five children and 20 members of Panamanian indigenous communities.
The delegation headed by the Panamanian president visited the Ramn Pando Ferrer Ophthalmologic Center, where 600,000 sight operations are to be carried out next year. In 2005, some 50,000 patients with visual disorders basically cataracts from 15 countries have been operated on in that installation as part of Operation Miracle, a project set up by the Cuban and Venezuelan governments.
Torrijos also visited the Solidarity with Panama special school for children with physical disabilities, where he reflected on this major work of resistance and great human value. (Navil Garca) Granma International
Fidel receives President Martin Torrijos in the Palace of the Revolution, after he traveled to Havana to greet the first group of 74 Panamanian patients
PRESIDENT Fidel Castro had official talks with the Panamanian leader Martin Torrijos, who traveled to Havana to greet the first 74 patients from that country to receive sight operations as part of Operation Miracle.
http://www.granma.cu/fotos1/diciembre05/fidel-1.jpg
Official photo of the visit. Fidel also accompanied Torrijos to the airport.
After a tight program on November 30, Torrijos was accompanied to the airport by Fidel, who expressed his pleasure at the visit.
On coming in person to greet his compatriots, accompanied by Cuban Health Minister Jos Ramn Balaguer, President Torrijos confirmed the beginning of new links of cooperation, fraternity and understanding between Panama and Cuba.
Today the miracle of Operation Miracle is beginning, he stated, on thanking the Cuban people and government for their solidarity and support in restoring hope to many Panamanians.
This first group sets in action an agreement between the Health Ministries of both nations to perform up to 12,000 operations per year with highly qualified Cuban doctors and advanced technology in the ophthalmologic field.
We do not have the facilities to perform these operations in Panama and this project will really have a great social impact in our country, affirmed Torrijos.
The patients include five children and 20 members of Panamanian indigenous communities.
The delegation headed by the Panamanian president visited the Ramn Pando Ferrer Ophthalmologic Center, where 600,000 sight operations are to be carried out next year. In 2005, some 50,000 patients with visual disorders basically cataracts from 15 countries have been operated on in that installation as part of Operation Miracle, a project set up by the Cuban and Venezuelan governments.
Torrijos also visited the Solidarity with Panama special school for children with physical disabilities, where he reflected on this major work of resistance and great human value. (Navil Garca) Granma International