http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/junio/lun5/24indonesia.html
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Havana. June 5, 2006
Cuban medical contingent comes to aid of earthquake victims in Indonesia
BY IVAN TERRERO -Granma International staff writer -
CUBAN Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque was at the Solo city airport on
the Indonesian island of Java to receive a contingent from Cuba's Henry Reeve
Medical Brigade, which arrived to lend its services to thousands of victims
after a devastating earthquake a week earlier killed more than 6,000 people and
left tens of thousands injured.
The contingent's 135 health professionals, including specialized doctors
and hospital staff, arrived on June 3 at 1:55 pm local time after flying the
22,000 kilometers that separate Havana and Java.
Ninety-six members of the contingent had just returned home after
completing a successful mission in the Republic of Pakistan after the latter
was shaken by an earthquake on October 8 last year.
The brigade traveled to Indonesia with two field hospitals, which they
will raise in two areas of the affected region, where they will be able to
perform surgery at a point when national medical facilities are overflowing
with the injured.
Pérez Roque conveyed the Cuban people's sympathy to Indonesian President
Susilo Bambang Yuodhoyono, along with a message of solidarity from President
Fidel Castro affirming that the Indonesian people can count on the support of
the Cuban government and people.
The Cuban foreign minister had arrived in the Asian nation the previous
day to deliver an invitation from the Cuban president to his Indonesian
counterpart to attend the Non-Aligned Movement Summit, which is set for
September in Havana.
Pérez Roque also plans to visit the areas most affected by the powerful
quake.
According to news reports, the precarious hygienic conditions and lack of
potable water in areas affected by the quake have provoked an increase in cases
of diarrhea, flu and pneumonia.
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