CAMAGÜEY.- Although there are precedents of Cuban doctors, and among them Camagüey´s doctors, who offered their services in other nations, on May 21, 1963 marks the official beginning of this humanist vocation of the Cuban Revolution and it was with the international medical collaboration in Algeria.

Then 50 were the professionals of the Health who went to this country, something that could seem even amazing; nevertheless, today it turns out to be so daily as the services that are offered in Cuba.

The province of Camagüey has at present with 2 611 collaborators of the Public Health in 44 countries; of these 1 213 are doctors, 186 dentists, 937 Bachelors of diverse related disciplines and other professionals, 233 technical staff and 42 as maintenance staff.

Of the mentioned whole they work 1 534 Camagüey´s professionals in the special mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 694 for the route of Cuban Medical Services, of these 532 in Brazil, 193 answer to the Integral Program of Health (PIS) and 10 to the Operation Miracle, for only mentioning some of the forms. A fair amount of these workpeople they accumulate more than one internationalist mission.

The most represented countries with professionals of the branch of the territory of Camagüey are: Venezuela, Brazil and Angola.

To everything previous we must add the contribution that Cuba makes to the foreign students through the Latin-American School of Medicine (ELAM), who then happen to the different universities of Medical Sciences of the country, among them Carlos J. Finlay, from this city. Only in the last graduation (2017-2018), 22 pupils proceeding from 15 nations finished their studies.

Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez