Cubans aid tsunami victims.A Cuban medical brigade brigade Military unit commanded by a brigadier general or a colonel and composed of two or more subordinate units, such as regiments or battalions. Two or more brigades make up a division. comprising 16 doctors, two nurses, two hygiene hygiene, science of preserving and promoting the health of both the individual and the community. It has many aspects: personal hygiene (proper living habits, cleanliness of body and clothing, healthful diet, a balanced regimen of rest and exercise); domestic hygiene technicians, three pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
The group is working in Galle, 130 km from Colombo, and their camp is known by a sign that reads "Cuban Health Assistance Center" in English and Sinhalese. It has already used two tons of Biorat, a Cuban product that controls and eventually destroys large rat populations. Dr. Pedro Alfonso, head of the medical brigade, said that besides fighting and preventing disease, the group plans to prevent epidemic outbreaks and remedy deficiencies in the local health system. They plan to extend their work to the entire community via medical emergency centers within a 20-km radius. The brigade will also assist some 1,400 students from two schools, an elderly home and an orphanage ORPHANAGE, Eng. law. By the custom of London, when a freeman of that city dies, his estate is divided into three parts, as follows: one third part to the widow; another, to the children advanced by him in his lifetime, which is called the orphanage; and the other third part may be by him . Galle was badly hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami, which killed an estimated 295,000 Asians, including 243,000 in Indonesia and 31,000 people in Sri Lanka. |
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