Washington, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) The Hands Off Cuba Committee of Los Angeles launched a campaign to collect medical supplies that will be sent to hospitals on the island, affected today by the intensification of the U.S. blockade.
According to the organization, which is part of the vast National Network on Cuba in the United States, the efforts that will be carried out for a month in Southern California are aimed at collecting funds or donating painkillers and anti-inflammatories.
The drugs will be sent to health centres such as Calixto García, the main trauma hospital in Havana.
In their call, the solidarity friends said that this whole situation is a consequence of the blockade – which has lasted more than six decades – and the decision of the United States Government to keep Cuba on the (unilateral) list of countries sponsoring terrorism.
The initiative will be supported by graduates from the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana in Los Angeles, local doctors, Not Just Tourists and Global Health Partners (GHP), the latter of which will cover the shipping costs to the Caribbean nation.
“We have just received news from GHP that Havana’s main trauma hospital, Calixto Garcia, has run out of all painkillers!!! A result of the blockade and SSOT (State Sponsors of Terrorism)!!!” the message stressed.
The NGO Global Health Partners and the Saving Lives coalition are also leading a campaign here to send vital devices required by heart patients, such as pacemakers, which are in short supply on the island due to the restrictions imposed by Washington, which prevents and hinders their acquisition.
This is one of the many projects to help the Cuban health system supported by solidarity within the United States. In addition, there is the Hatuey Project, which raises funds for the purchase of cytostatics for pediatric wards.
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