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UN representative in Haiti praises
Cuban cooperation workers
Víctor M. Carriba
UNITED NATIONS, March 9 (PL). — The head of the
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH),
Edmond Mulet, today described the work of Cuban
doctors in that earthquake-struck Caribbean country
as “extraordinary.”
 Those
professionals are working in every corner of Haiti,
in an extraordinary way, with dedication and love,
and often in difficult, really terrible conditions,
the official told Prensa Latina in an exclusive
interview at the UN headquarters.
Despite that situation, they are there, committed,
working hard in a very admirable way, he added.
Regarding the activities of the Cuban contingent,
Mulet noted that it was a presence and a solidarity
that has been manifest for years.
He
explained that the MINUSTAH mandate does not include
medical issues, but that the mission maintains
cordial relations with the Cuban doctors, who are
self-sufficient and do their job, he added.
When
the earthquake struck, approximately 400 Cubans were
working in the health sector in Haiti, a figure that
has now risen to close to 1,500, including Haitian
medical graduates who studied medicine in Cuba.
The
contingent also contains professionals from 22
nations in Latin America and the Caribbean and seven
from the United States who graduated from the Latin
American School of Medicine.
Translated by Granma International
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