Cuba receives medical supplies from Canada

 HAVANA, Cuba, May 13 (ACN) In a symbol of support and solidarity with the Cuban people, a donation of medical materials sent by Canadian friends to help in health care in the country was received on Monday.

Representatives of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) and the Medical Supplies Company (EMSUME by its Spanish acronym) participated in the reception ceremony.

Julia Durruthy Molina, deputy national coordinator of the CDR, said that this donation, consisting of surgical sutures and electrodes for electrocardiograms, is possible thanks to the efforts of the Network of Canadians in Solidarity with Cuba who overcame the barriers of the blockade to help the Caribbean island.

Durruthy Molina emphasized that this network, formed by different families, led by Bill Ryan, of the Cubacan Project, has achieved in other moments, imposing itself to imperialism, to send to the country bicycles, sports equipment, musical instruments, school materials, canes for the visually impaired, including Braille machines, and everything that carries this component.

On behalf of the population, the Cederista leader expressed her gratitude for this example of solidarity, which shows that the Caribbean nation is not alone.

Lenin Gonzalez Batista, director of EMSUME, pointed out that a total of 30,000 sutures and 10,000 electrodes were received and will be distributed according to the priorities established by the Ministry of Public Health.

Gonzalez Batista highlighted that these resources are of great importance because they come at a time when the measures that the U.S. government has established against the nation are being strongly felt.

Aranelis Barban Rodriguez, national ideological secretary of the CDR, commented to the Cuban News Agency that this event is part of the tasks promoted by the organization to facilitate collaboration between Cuba and the world.

This action took place in the framework of the activities carried out for the 65th anniversary of the CDR, which will be celebrated on September 28, she concluded.