On Monday, the surgery phase of the relaunching of the International Mision Milagro in the Republic of El Salvador began, a reactivation that has been possible thanks to the reinforcement of Petrocaribe’s regional cooperation and the support of the Ministry of Health of the Central American country.
The relaunching of the International Mision Milagro began with a medical-ophthalmological day, carried out jointly by local and Venezuelan professionals medics, in which a visual diagnosis and a preoperative evaluation were made to later select the patients who were candidates for the surgical interventions.
For his part, the Minister of Health of El Salvador, Dr. Violeta Menjívar, said that «El Salvador is intensely grateful to President Nicolás Maduro and Petrocaribe for making this miracle possible in our country».
The Mission Miracle, attended a total of 6,480 Salvadoran patients in 79 flights that were made to Venezuela between 2006 and 2014.
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