{"id":2448,"date":"2020-07-24T22:58:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T22:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2020-07-24T22:58:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T22:58:16","slug":"cuban-health-contingent-arrives-in-montserrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuban-health-contingent-arrives-in-montserrat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban health-contingent arrives in Montserrat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/monserrat.jpg?resize=747%2C383&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/monserrat.jpg?w=780&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/monserrat.jpg?resize=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/monserrat.jpg?resize=768%2C394&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the arrival of Cuban health experts to Montserrat, a British territory in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, there are now 16 medical brigades in that geographic area working to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrival of the medical contingent responds a&nbsp;request from the Government of Montserrat to the Republic of Cuba made in March 2020. The island, whose population barely exceeds 5,000 inhabitants, could not have been clearer: &#8220;the request was based on the experience of Cuban medical personnel in dealing with disasters and epidemics around the world&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Granma newspaper, the deployment of the specialists will last three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the website of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the brigade is made up of 13 experts: eight in nursing and five doctors specializing in anesthesia, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and&nbsp;a general medical practitioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This opens a new door to the solidarity of the Henry Reeve Contingent, whose members are coming for the first time to this overseas land of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Camille Thomas-Gerald, Montserrat&#8217;s permanent secretary of health, celebrated the arrival of the Cubans, who she said will reinforce the island&#8217;s health personnel, &#8220;who in recent months has worked under extenuating circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the \u00a044th contingent sent from Havana to 37 nations that have requested Cuba&#8217;s support to face the pandemic, a fact that speaks of the confidence in the human and professional quality of its specialists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/cubasi.cu\/en\/news\/cuban-health-contingent-arrives-montserrat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cubasi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the arrival of Cuban health experts to Montserrat, a British territory in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, there are now 16 medical brigades<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuban-health-contingent-arrives-in-montserrat\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":2449,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1357,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/the-upcoming-arrival-of-the-second-cuban-health-brigade-is-welcome-in-italy\/","url_meta":{"origin":2448,"position":0},"title":"The upcoming arrival of the second Cuban health brigade is welcome in Italy","author":"Editorial Team","date":"April 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A Second Cuban Medical Brigade is coming to Italy to support Piedmont's health staff, in the fight against COVID-19, a new medical brigade from Cuba of the Cuban Contingent Henry Reeve has been working successfully on the front of natural disasters and serious epidemics in different continents.The presence of Cuban\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Covid-19&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Covid-19","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/cuba\/covid-19\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/cuban_doctor_Italy.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/cuban_doctor_Italy.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/cuban_doctor_Italy.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/cuban_doctor_Italy.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2057,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/return-of-cubas-first-medical-brigade-from-italy-confirmed\/","url_meta":{"origin":2448,"position":1},"title":"Return of Cuba&#8217;s first medical brigade from Italy confirmed","author":"Editorial Team","date":"June 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"All 52 Cuban health collaborators who helped fight the Covid-19 pandemic in Lombardy will return to Cuba on Monday, June 8, the Cuban Embassy in Italy confirmed. 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