HAVANA, Cuba, April 15 (acn) Over 100,000 Nicaraguans have benefited, since May 2008, from the opening of the High Tech Center donated to Nicaragua by Venezuela, which works with the supervision of Cuban technicians.
The Center, created as part of the cooperation programs of the Bolivarian Alternative for The Americas (ALBA), is provided with modern equipment for magnetic resonance, two ultrasounds, a tomographer, electrocardiogram equipment, and a tele-command for special studies,
among other devices.
Cuban radiologist David Leyva told Prensa Latina news agency that the Center provides a free services for Nicaraguans of scant economic resources from around the country.
Leyva, who is also a radiology professor and instructor for Nicaraguan students, commented that advanced studies on Neurocysticercosis, a parasite that uses humans and swine as temporary hosts and that affects the central nervous system, are already being carried out at the Center.
This ailment, which can be detected thanks to the technology available at this institution, produces convulsions, headaches and other symptoms that invalidate patients from the social and labor points of view.
The Cuban expert said that 124 of the 1,000 patients studied from September to November 2008 were diagnosed with the disease, when this figure didn’t even reach a dozen in previous years, due to the lack of these advanced techniques.
Although the authorities don’t intend to measure the economic effects of these actions carried out by way of the solidarity between ALBA members, the resulting statistics in terms of health for the people show over three million dollars in savings for the population.
(Programa de salud del ALBA beneficia a más nicaragüenses)
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