New medical donation from US solidarity groups arrives in Havana
A new donation of essential products for carrying out liver transplants for eight Cuban children who are waiting to be operated on arrived in Havana this Sunday, thanks to the efforts of solidarity groups based in the United States.
The donation arrived in Havana in the hands of representatives of the Bridges of Love project, headed by Cuban-American Carlos Lazo, and which brings together emigrants from the island living in the northern nation, and the American Medea Benjamín, leader of the Code Pink organization, accompanied by other representatives of both groups.
This is the second donation that arrives in Cuba thanks to the Bridges of Love project, which, in another solidarity collusion with Cuban émigrés, breaks the United States blockade to bring a sensible donation, which will allow the transplant program to continue in the country. pediatric liver.
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The first arrived in May 2022 at the William Soler hospital in the capital and allowed the much-needed program to be resumed. So it consisted of an essential chemical compound to carry out this type of surgical procedure, which is difficult for Cuba to access because its production is linked to US patents.
According to Lazo, this product, which is now arriving in Cuba, was possible to acquire thanks to the good will of people who donated the 25,000 dollars needed to buy it, since the laws that regulate the economic, commercial and financial blockade that the White House applies to the island for six decades prohibit their acquisition through the market between the two countries.
Upon her arrival in Cuba through the José Martí international airport in Havana, Medea Benjamín highlighted the effort currently being made in the United States to end the blockade and reaffirmed the will to continue contributing to the Cuban people.
"The pressure we are putting on the United States Congress and the White House is aimed at trying to end the blockade imposed on Cuba for more than 60 years," the American activist told Prensa Latina.
She also assured that, while this is achieved, the most important effort will be aimed at continuing to help in the donation of syringes, food, medicines, and continue fighting for her -she said- "to end the blockade".
For his part, Cuban-American Carlos Lazo, coordinator of Puentes de Amor, explained that the efforts are not only aimed at obtaining this important essential product for carrying out child liver transplants.
"We continue to obtain other necessary things, we are looking for help, and for that we continue to move, contributing our grain of sand and demonstrating that the Cuban community residing abroad is in favor of families in their homeland," said the community leader.
"That love for the Cuban family motivates us and fills us with gratitude, and I remember what our National Hero, José Martí (1853-1895), said, that "there is nothing better than loving someone who has something to be thankful for," and We love our people and we are willing to do whatever it takes precisely for that gratitude and what we owe to that people, added Lazo.