Photo: Twitter/Manuel Marrero.

The Prime Minister of Cuba, Manuel Marrero Cruz, highlighted today the work of the island's medical brigade that offers its solidarity aid without rest in Turkey, after the devastating earthquakes of February 6.

Through Twitter, Marrero Cruz sent a hug to the 32 Cuban health professionals who arrived in the Eurasian country a few days after the disasters to help the victims recover.

From Cuba we follow their daily stories, always charged with emotion and humanism, he added to his message, in which he also included the hashtags #MásQueMédicos and #CubaPorLaVida.

“Our #Health professionals provide their solidarity help tirelessly in sister Türkiye. From Cuba we follow their daily stories, always full of emotion and humanism.

A hug to all, ”she wrote.

An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale shook several towns in Turkey and Syria on February 6, and was followed that same day by an aftershock of similar intensity.

Our #Health professionals provide their solidarity help tirelessly in Sister Türkiye.

From Cuba we follow their daily stories, always full of emotion and humanism.

A hug to all.#MásQueMédicos#CubaPorLaVida pic.twitter.com/mfbmJMTfjv

— Manuel Marrero Cruz (@MMarreroCruz) February 21, 2023

Official data indicates that the number of victims in the Eurasian nation had exceeded 41,000 people, when on Monday, February 20, another 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the south of the country.

According to the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, the Cuban medical brigade in Turkish territory has carried out 13 major surgeries, including four pediatric ones, treated more than 260 patients, and carried out both research work and surgical procedures and actions in intensive care areas.

The Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics was constituted by the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, and its mission is to provide humanitarian-medical-sanitary aid to populations that are victims of natural disasters and epidemics. in other countries, and help their recovery.

(Taken from ACN)