Coronavirus: Health Committees Welcome Arrival of Cuban Doctors in SA

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The joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Health and the Select Committee on Health and Social Services has welcomed a report from the Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize of the 200 Cuban health professionals who arrived in South Africa to offer support in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.

The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, who was the Co-Chair of the joint committee, said the arrival of the Cuban doctors and public health specialists in South Africa will boost the capacity of the public sector personnel in the fight against the pandemic.

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 “These are medical internationalists whose record in public healthcare far surpasses all other nations in the world,” said Dhlomo in a statement.  

“Since the agreement reached by the late Presidents Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro we relied on Cuban medical support, hence we are sending hundreds of South African students for training in Cuba,” he added. 

(Compiled by Inside Politics staff)

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