Guantanamo.- Under the slogan “Our future. Empowered nurses save lives,” the commemorative program for the International Day of Nursing began in Guantánamo, honoring the memory and legacy of Victoria Brú Sánchez, a Cuban martyr and pride of Guantánamo, who died in the line of duty while fighting an influenza epidemic in Cienfuegos.
Mariyanis Gamboa Gamboa, president of the Nursing Chapter of the Provincial Council of Scientific Health Societies, reported that the program will run until June 3, featuring a wide range of activities across the province.
The program includes meetings with students from the Mario Muñoz Monroy Movement, leaders from the FEU and FEEM, teaching assistants, international collaborators, and scientists.
It also features exhibitions of interest groups and Open Doors activities at the Agostinho Neto Hospital, organized by provincial nursing specialty groups.
The occasion will serve to recognize the dedication, resilience, and creativity of nursing staff in the current context, highlight the teaching, research, and community roles of Guantánamo nurses, promote generational renewal and love for the profession among medical sciences students, and encourage the participation of retired nurses in teaching, care, and scientific work.
The ceremony will include representatives from grassroots associations in the municipalities of Guantánamo, El Salvador, and Niceto Pérez, as well as nursing personnel who will be honored and recognized.
Other objectives include exalting the role of nurses and all the actions carried out by these unsung heroes, covering every area, polyclinic, hospital, and place where their work is present, she noted.
Amid a complex context marked by the tightening of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States government, nurses remain the predominant professionals in the health sector in the province of Guantánamo.
