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Vietnam registers first simultaneous heart and liver transplant

Published on: October 10, 2024
10:59

Hanoi, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) Specialists from Viet Duc Hospital, in the capital, successfully performed a simultaneous heart and liver transplant on a 41-year-old patient, the first of its kind registered up to date in Vietnam.

Former Uruguayan President Mujica Undergoes Surgery, says Newspaper

Published on: September 7, 2024
16:56

Montevideo, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica underwent surgery at the Casmu Sanatorium on Saturday, after two days at hospital, local El Pais newspaper informed.

New therapeutic procedures in Cuba to treat movement disorders

Published on: May 5, 2024
00:30

Havana, May 5 (Prensa Latina) Non-invasive brain stimulation in its two variants (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation) are the new therapeutic procedures used by Cuban experts to treat movement disorders.

Physician postpones maternity leave to operate on Chilean child

Published on: January 30, 2024
15:19

Santiago, Chile, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan neurosurgeon Katia Todoroff, a graduate from the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, Cuba, postponed her maternity leave to operate on a Chilean child who was hospitalized in Talca.

Cuba prosecutes health professionals according to law

Published on: November 28, 2023
12:45

Havana, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuba ratified on Tuesday that the oral and public trial of six health professionals in the eastern province of Granma was held according to the guarantees established in the laws and other regulatory provisions.

Lula to undergo hip surgery on September 29 in Brasilia

Published on: September 2, 2023
00:30

Brasilia, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will undergo a scheduled hip surgery on September 29 in this capital, local media reported.

Israeli Prime Minister has cardiac pacemaker implanted

Published on: July 23, 2023
09:59

Tel Aviv, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker, a week after his medical admission after suffering from dehydration, a statement from his office reported today.

Uruguayan physician highlights Cuban ophthalmological collaboration

Published on: June 5, 2022
14:30

Montevideo, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) On Sunday, the deputy director of the Jose Marti Ophthalmological Hospital in Uruguay, Ana Fagundez, has latent memories of her years of medical training in Cuba, where she graduated in September 2005.

Diaz-Canel wishes Fiji’s prime minister a prompt recovery

Published on: January 18, 2022
12:43

Havana, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Tuesday wished a prompt recovery to the prime minister of Fiji, Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, who underwent cardiovascular surgery in Melbourne, Australia.

Argentine vice president was discharged from hospital after surgery

Published on: November 6, 2021
14:58

Buenos Aires, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez was discharged from hospital on Saturday after undergoing a laparoscopic extended hysterectomy surgery on Wednesday.

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