{"id":3396,"date":"2020-12-26T17:39:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T17:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2020-12-26T17:39:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T17:39:18","slug":"in-cuba-medical-brigade-that-fought-covid-19-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/in-cuba-medical-brigade-that-fought-covid-19-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"In Cuba, medical brigade that fought Covid-19 in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-kenya.jpg?resize=747%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-kenya.jpg?w=766&amp;ssl=1 766w, 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Cuban doctors worked at the Kenyatta University Hospital, a national referral center with a capacity of 650 beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to official sources, they carried out 9,705 medical care procedures, processed 402 complementary tests and performed 552 dialysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, they participated in teleconferences on topics of nephrology, internal medicine, infection control and prevention, and management of patients with Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, they collaborated in training on isolation and universal precautionary measures for hospital staff, as well as training on Electrocardiography for nurses in the Intensive Care Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuba has sent more than four thousand health professionals to cooperate with 40 nations and territories in confronting the Covid-19 pandemic, at the request of those governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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