{"id":1920,"date":"2020-05-27T14:54:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T14:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2020-05-27T15:07:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:07:52","slug":"lombardy-emotionally-says-goodbye-to-the-cuban-doctors-brigade-who-fought-side-by-side-against-covid-19-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/lombardy-emotionally-says-goodbye-to-the-cuban-doctors-brigade-who-fought-side-by-side-against-covid-19-in-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Lombardy emotionally says goodbye to the Cuban doctors&#8217; brigade who fought side by side against COVID-19 in the region."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cuban doctors completed their mission in the town of Crema (north) and were cheered by the neighbors and local authorities, according to the EFE report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">La ciudad de Crema despide y agradece a los colaboradores cubanos  de la salud que enfrentaron y vencieron a la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid<\/a> en esta ciudad de Italia. Gracias <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> es su sentir. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CubaEsSalud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CubaEsSalud<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CubaSalva?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CubaSalva<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9FZFxclA50\">pic.twitter.com\/9FZFxclA50<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Vicente Leal (@Vicente73977721) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vicente73977721\/status\/1264222876430995456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We were castaways and we were helped without asking ourselves the name or provenance. After months of mourning, anguish and doubts we now see the light&#8221;<\/p><cite>said Stefania Bonaldi, mayor of the municipality of Crema, in the Lombardy region, the most affected by the virus in the country.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stefania-Bonaldi-Cuban-Doctors-goobye.jpg?resize=576%2C513&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stefania-Bonaldi-Cuban-Doctors-goobye.jpg?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stefania-Bonaldi-Cuban-Doctors-goobye.jpg?resize=300%2C267&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group of health professionals consisted of 37 doctors and 15 nurses, who arrived in the town on 22 March last, to work in a field hospital set up in the municipality at the beginning of the crisis and which will begin to be dismantled on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During their stay, the Cuban team worked in the Crema Intensive Care units and the radiology, pneumology and pharmacy departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For their hard and effective work the professionals of the island were cheered by the neighbours and local authorities with a ceremony in the central square of the Cathedral of Crema. In addition, they received commemorative plaques and medals with the flags of Italy and Cuba and on the back it  read: &#8220;To our Cuban brothers of the &#8216;Henry Reeve&#8217; brigade with infinite esteem and eternal recognition. The city of Crema&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The  city councillor said the help of these Cubans came in &#8220;a moment of unheard of uncertainty and danger&#8221; and they proved &#8220;an effective medicine.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdaniela.dellafrera%2Fposts%2F10220151319672315&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=552&amp;appId=1552049978255924&amp;height=309\" width=\"552\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"747\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-LDnNIew_I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thank-you-Cubans-Doctors-in-Italy-Crema-2.jpg?resize=747%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thank-you-Cubans-Doctors-in-Italy-Crema-2.jpg?w=765&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thank-you-Cubans-Doctors-in-Italy-Crema-2.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Coming here you said that your homeland is the world and from now on you will be our compatriots in this great world, often mistreated by the absence of the supreme value of solidarity,&#8221; added the mayor, protected with a mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event was attended by Cuba&#8217;s ambassador to Italy, Jos\u00e9 Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Ruiz, who recalled this medical contingent instituted in 2005 served in disasters such as the Ebola crisis or earthquakes in Pakistan or Haiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thank-you-Cubans-Doctors-in-Italy-Crema.jpg?resize=741%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thank-you-Cubans-Doctors-in-Italy-Crema.jpg?w=741&amp;ssl=1 741w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thank-you-Cubans-Doctors-in-Italy-Crema.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cubaplus.site\/blog\/asi-despidieron-a-los-medicos-cubanos-que-lucharon-contra-el-coronavirus-en-lombardia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cubaplus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cuban doctors completed their mission in the town of Crema (north) and were cheered by the neighbors and local authorities, according to the EFE<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/lombardy-emotionally-says-goodbye-to-the-cuban-doctors-brigade-who-fought-side-by-side-against-covid-19-in-the-region\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[36,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1025,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-sends-53-doctors-and-nurses-to-fight-covid-19-in-italy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1920,"position":0},"title":"Cuba Sends 53 Doctors and Nurses to Fight Covid-19 in Italy","author":"Editorial Team","date":"March 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"At the entrance to the hospital, a sign reads: \"You are the real heroes\", Bergamo, Italy, March, 2020. | Photo: Twitter\/ @orlandoQva The Cubans, who traveled to Sierra Leone to fight the Ebola virus in 2014, \u200b\u200bwill arrive in Lombardy. 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