“Today,
you are writing one of the most beautiful pages in the history of
human medicine,” the letter reads.
Esteban Lazo, Vice President of Cuba’s Council of State and bearer
of the message, read it on Monday at a Cuban-run field hospital in
Croix des Bounquets, where he arrived accompanied by other Cuban
officials.
“Helping to save lives, to heal the wounded and to rehabilitate
people, and to work for the well-being of human beings, will always
be an invaluable honor for any man or woman,” the text stresses.
Referring to the LASM graduates and students working alongside the
Cuban doctors, Fidel wrote that it is an honor for the Cuban people
“that you have voluntarily and enthusiastically joined this colossal
effort.”
“The world will closely follow this feat that you are accomplishing
and pride will fill the hearts of all the people of this hemisphere
represented there by their fellow countrymen providing health
services,” Fidel wrote.
“On behalf of all Cubans, your sincere and grateful Caribbean
brothers, thank you. Thank you, on behalf of all of us who have
fought for these dreams of equity and justice,” the leader of the
Cuban Revolution concluded.
