Bolivia Celebrates Results of (Cuba's) Operation Miracle Free Eye Surgery Program

[Mika]

Bolivia Celebrates Results of Operation Miracle Free Eye Surgery Program
http://www.isria.com/pages/20_March_2010_24.php

Bolivia celebrates on Friday the more than 500,000 surgeries carried out in this South American nation with the assistance of Cuban health professionals as part of the Operation Miracle free eye surgery program for low-income people.

Prensa Latina news agency reports that President Evo Morales will attend a public rally that takes place today in the city of Santa Cruz, where there is an ophthalmological center dedicated to this project.

Cuban Dr. Odalys Rodriguez, head of Operation Miracle, said that this initiative began in Bolivia in 2005 and it not only benefits nationals but also Peruvians, Brazilians, Paraguayans and Argentineans who are attended to in the border areas.

She explained that nearly 15 eye clinics have been opened in Bolivia with the help of Cuban specialists.

[Billy Burnett]

1. Kick

God bless the Cuban people for doing this.


:hi:

[Wilms]

2. Nice. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

3. Operation Miracle Benefits Thousands of Salvadorans

Operation Miracle Benefits Thousands of Salvadorans

HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 20 (acn) Over 10,000 Salvadorans have been benefited by Operation Miracle, a Cuban-Venezuelan program aimed at improving or return the vision of people of scant economic resources.

Wladimir Ruiz, charge d’affaires of the Venezuelan embassy in El Salvador, explained that this is a humanitarian mission, free of charge for patients, the Juventud Rebelde newspaper reports on Saturday.

Since the implementation of the program in El Salvador in 2006, people suffering from drooping eyelids, cataracts, granulation tissues and other eye problems have travelled to Havana or Caracas to receive treatment or surgery.

After a recess of several months due to the health emergency caused by the A (H1N1) virus, Operation Miracle resumed its activities on March 18, when100 patients travelled to Venezuela to cure their eyes.

Health Deputy Minister Violeta Menjivar said that her country plans to organize 14 flights this year and that they’re studying the possibility of opening an eye center in the Central American nation, with the help of Venezuela, to treat patients.

Boosted by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, Operation Miracle began in 2004, and has so far benefited over one million six hundred thousand people in 35 nations.

http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2010/0320operacionmiracles.htm

One of the winger tubes wiped out the rec. I put on this thread earlier, Mika.