Doctors from 14 specialities from the Hospital Provincial Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola and the Belkys Sotomayor polyclinic in the capital city of Avila took part in the
Sotomayor polyclinic in the capital of Avila, took part last Saturday in the health day Abrazando el barrio (Embracing the neighbourhood).

Inhabitants of the rural community of Jicotea, in the municipality of Ciego de Ávila, were the beneficiaries of this action which
with this action that aims to bring secondary health care to vulnerable communities in the territory of
vulnerable communities in the municipality of Ciego de Avila.

It is very effective that specialists from different branches of medicine come to these communities, who receive careful and
receive careful attention and solve the inconvenience of having to travel to the provincial capital,
due to the limitations of transport that currently exist.

During the fruitful Saturday day, 300 consultations and 175 medical attentions were carried out to the inhabitants of the
the above-mentioned popular council.

In addition, five educational talks on health were held in which 150 people took part and were informed about
were informed about oral cancer, dengue fever, tuberculosis, the disadvantages of teenage pregnancy, the harmful use of drugs and the damage caused by smoking to the body.

Bringing medical services closer to the population to help improve their health is the main motivation of the specialists who visit communities in the province.