PHM-Exch> UN Chief in Haiti Praises Cuban Doctors Work

[Claudio Schuftan]

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**HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 9 (acn) Edmond Mulet, head of the United Nations
Stabilization Mission in
Haiti (MINUSTAH) described as extraordinary the work of Cuban doctors in
that Caribbean
country hit by an earthquake last January 12. *
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*  ** *Cuban News Agency*

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 *"These professionals work in every corner of Haiti, in an extraordinary
manner, with dedication and love, often in difficult conditions, really
terrible ones," the UN official said in statements made to Prensa Latina
news agency at the UN headquarters.

Mulet highlighted the committed efforts of the Cuban Health professionals
despite the prevailing conditions in the Caribbean nation, and added they
were admirable.

He reaclled that the Cubans have been helping Haiti prior to the eartquake,
and that their presence and solidarity have been going on for years. On his
relation with the medical brigade he said that the UN mission maintains
cordial relations with the doctors who, he stressed, are self-sufficient and
do their work.

At the time of the quake some 400 Cubans were working in the health sector
in Haiti, rising to nearly 1 500 at this moment, including Haitians that
were studying Medicine in Cuba.

The contingent also includes professionals from 22 Latin America and the
Caribbean nations and seven U.S. graduates in the Latin American Medical
School in Cuba.

Mulet assumed command of MINUSTAH to replace the Tunisian Hedi Annabi, who
died during the earthquake along with his deputy, Luiz Carlos da Costa, and
Commissioner of UN police in Haiti, the Canadian Doug Coates, concluded
Prensa Latina.*
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