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Cuba to send medics to Turkey and Syria
11 February 2023 03:22 GMT
Cuba on Friday prepared to send healthcare workers to Turkey and Syria, joining a growing chorus of nations providing rescue and medical aid to the two countries after Monday's devastating earthquake.
Cuban authorities said 32 medics were set to depart for Turkey. Earlier in the week, Syrian ambassador Ghassan Obeid told Cuban state-run media that 27 Cuban medics would be headed to Syria.
Cuba has sent its "armies of white coats" to disaster sites and disease outbreaks around the world since its 1959 revolution.
Its doctors were on the front lines in the fight against cholera in Haiti and against Ebola in West Africa in the 2010s.