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• 12 / 10 / 2008

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A Cuban medical delegation arrived in Lima to attend the 2nd Festival on Cuban Tourism and Medicine and give lectures on the island state public health achievement.

The group is led by Andres Piloto Varona, president of the Cuban Company of Medical Services (Servimed), director Julio Castanar, and Ramon Prado Peraza, director of the Cira Garcia Clinic in Havana.

The list includes Emilio Villa Acosta, vice director of the International Center for Neurological Restoration (CIREN), and CIREN neurosurgeon Ivan Garcia Maeso.

The Festival is sponsored by the Peruvian company Viajes Cuba which organizes health tourism trips to the Caribbean island.

The Cuban delegation´s agenda includes meetings with executives of local institutions, doctors and the media.

(Juventud Rebelde)