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Over 24 000 persons, 20 423 of them were children, have been treated in Cuba as part of the comprehensive medical care program created by our country to rehabilitate the people affected by the electronuclear plant accident in Chernobyl occurred on April 26th 1986.

“The program has a significant impact on the health and recovery of the children and their relatives, so Cuba will continue receiving patients as long as Ukraine needs so” Dr Julio Medina, general co-ordinator of the program, stated.

Since 1990 when the rehabilitation plan was started, the former pioneer camp in Tarará has accommodated children from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldavia, Armenia and other European countries. Every year 700 to 800 infants, the main beneficiaries of the humanitarian program, arrive in the island.

“Up to date - Dr Medina explains- six bone marrow and two kidney transplantations have been performed in addition to cardiovascular surgeries due to congenital malformations”.

“The Cuba’s attitude and the professionalism of the Cuban physicians are highly appreciated in our country. The best example of this is the high number of fully recovered patients that go back to Ukraine every year” Dr Nadiezhda Guerazimenko, organizer of the humanitarian program in Ukraine, stressed.

“The program that celebrated its 19th anniversary this year is characterized by high humanistic and solidarity values because we do not give what we have in excess; we share all that we have” Dr Medina pointed out