{"id":209565,"date":"2019-11-21T13:08:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=209565"},"modified":"2019-11-21T13:08:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:08:36","slug":"cuba-and-ecuador-confirm-end-of-medical-and-scientific-services-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/world\/latin-america\/cuba-and-ecuador-confirm-end-of-medical-and-scientific-services-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba and Ecuador confirm end of medical and scientific services agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"

The governments of Cuba and <\/span>Ecuador<\/span><\/a> signed an agreement that definitively terminates six specific professional services agreements in the scientific and technical assistance areas between the two countries, the island\u2019s Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported this Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

A total of 382 Cuban health professionals working in 23 of the 24 provinces of Ecuador returned to Cuba this week, after the government of President Len\u00edn Moreno announced on November 12 the end of the health agreements and that the island\u2019s doctors would be replaced by locals.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the agreement, the Ecuadorian authorities alleged economic reasons to conclude and not renew the agreements that were in force since 2009, according to the MINSAP note, which does not specify the date and place of the signing of the document.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ecuadorian media had previously reported that the government of Quito had ended the agreements after verifying that during the riots of early October in Ecuador there had been an unusual flow of foreigners in the country with official Cuban passports.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Havana government considered that information \u201cfalse\u201d and affirmed that the Cuban doctors \u201cstrictly\u201d performed the functions entrusted to them by the health system of Ecuador in \u201crigorous\u201d compliance with the signed agreements.<\/span><\/p>\n

Results of the agreements<\/strong><\/p>\n

MINSAP said that in the signed agreement, Cuba and Ecuador recognized the results in compliance with the agreements in the specialties of epidemiology, transplants, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, imaging and radiology, ophthalmology and angiology.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also alleged that Cuba reported its interest to the Ecuadorian health authorities that the required follow-up of the patients cared for by the Cuban medical mission be guaranteed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cuban medical services in Ecuador began in 1992 and were consolidated in 2009 with the signing of a Framework Cooperation Agreement on health during Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa\u2019s visit to Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cuban health authorities stressed that in 27 years of providing services, 6.8 million consultations and 183,000 ophthalmological operations were carried out, which had a positive impact on the Ecuadorian population.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuban doctors return from Ecuador after end of agreements<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n