Cuban-trained
doctors vaccinate the Haitian population
A group of doctors trained in the Latin American
School of Medicine in Cuba (ELAM) have joined the
vaccination campaign organized by Cuban medical
personnel in devastated Haiti.
The
young doctors, from various Latin American countries,
began their work in one of the largest improvised
camps for victims of the earthquake, assisted by
Cuban medical personnel who are providing services
in Haiti.
There has been no vaccination campaign to date at
the camp, located in the Saint Louis Gonzaga
secondary school, despite requests to
nongovernmental organizations and other institutions,
according to the camp’s coordinator, Elvire Constant.
Latin American and Cuban doctors, assisted by
nurses from the island, immunized the population
with vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus and whooping
cough, placing a priority on children and women.
