The economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba has severely limited medical care for high-risk pregnant women at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin University Hospital in Holguín.
Dr. Luis Enrique Velázquez Sanz, a specialist in Intensive and Emergency Medicine at the Lucía Íñiguez Landín Clinical-Surgical Hospital in Holguín, has responded to the challenges caused by the U.S. economic blockade through innovation.
In the province of Holguín, there are around 60,000 people diagnosed with diabetes who receive specialized care at the Provincial Diabetes Care Center.
The Holguín Hearing Center continues providing care to children with hearing loss despite Cuba’s current energy crisis, which is consequence of the United States’ hostile policy toward the country.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has confirmed that her country will continue receiving Cuban medical workers, as part of a longstanding programme meant to build goodwill between the island and other Latin American countries.