Cuban #medical workers have served on international cooperation missions in more than 150 countries since the 1960s.
During Covid, a #Cuban medical brigade helped #Italians in Lombardy, which triggered #Calabria’s president Roberto Occhiuto to reach out to Cuba in 2022 to invite hundreds of #doctors to his region. Calabria is one of the poorest regions in Italy and its #healthcare has suffered greatly from staffing and other issues.
“Cuba will always be in my heart,” says an elderly Italian man whose life was saved by a Cuban doctor.
See the full-length documentary film “From Cuba to Calabria: Medical Missions in Times of Crisis.”
