Guantanamo.- Healthcare workers and staffs were recognized during the provincial ceremony held on occasion of the Latin American Medicine Day, in the public square of La Máquina, the main town of the municipality of Maisí, in Guantanamo Province.
The ceremony was held in this area as an incentive for achieving the most comprehensive performance in the health sector during 2025.
Some honorees received the Labor Achievement Medal, others the Manuel Fajardo Distinction, while health entities and services were also recognized, especially the Patricio Sierralta Polyclinic in Maisí, for their outstanding work during the year.
Yoel Pérez García, First Secretary of the Party in the province, presided over the celebration that paid tribute to the outstanding figures Carlos Juan Finlay and Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, who boosted the health system in Cuba.
December 3rd is celebrated as Latin American Medicine Day, coinciding with the birth of the Cuban scientist Carlos Juan Finlay, who discovered the transmitting agent of yellow fever, the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
