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In full scarcity marked with drugs and many complaints about the poor condition of hospitals in Cuba, the government of the island inaugurated a medical and diagnostic center in Georgetown, capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Minrex said in a statement today, both the project of the new health center and the technical advice to carry it out, the technological equipment and medical staff will play, was subsidized by the Cuban government.
In the inaugural words, the Cuban ambbadador to this nation, Vilma Reyes Valdespino, told those present that with the opening of the facility is "consumed a dream" of the late Fidel Castro
Reyes Valdespino reported that Cuba has contributed to the project in its various phases, including the donation of equipment and the allocation of a contingent of 23 doctors and technicians This, was he says, "demonstrates the strong will of the Cuban people (…) to remain firm in its internationalist vocation and in its belief that a better world is possible".
The export of professional services, especially health, is the main source of income for Cuba with tourism. According to the latest official data, more than 50,000 Cuban doctors work in about 65 countries on behalf of the government
In April of last year, the former Minister of Economy José Luis Rodríguez estimated an income in this sector of 11.543 billion dollars in annual average, between 2011 and 2015, as then examined the portal Martí Noticias .
Professionals who remain working on the island must do so by charging paltry sums and daily coping with the shortage of drugs, the lack of modern technology and unhealthy conditions.
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