Cuba's Operation Miracle Benefits Thousands of Salvadorans

[Billy Burnett]

Operation Miracle Benefits Thousands of Salvadorans
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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.

Winning the hearts and minds.

[Judi Lynn]

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