Foreign Students Graduate from School of Medicine in Ciego de Avila
Lisandra Lopez Perez
Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Mar 30 (acn)
As an example of the growing ties between Cuba and the rest of the world, 328 foreign students from over 60 countries are studying medicine at the Jose Assef Yara School of Medicine in Ciego de Avila province.
The head of the school’s International Relations Department, Lourdes Alvarez Lopez told ACN during an activity commemorating Palestinian Land Day, that this group of students include many from Arab nations. The school prioritizes these students because the majority are victims of marginalization in their places of origin.
Four Palestinians will graduate at the end of the school year, as part of many that have already graduated as doctors and health technologists in the last ten years.
Hamza Taradeh, currently in his 5th year in Medical School, said his presence in Cuba has become a learning process, not only from the academic point of view, but also culturally, historically and linguistically.
He says his dream is to return to the West Bank, his place of birth, and improve the quality of life of the residents. That was the main reason why he wanted to become a doctor.
The commemoration was held at the Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) in Ciego de Avila where a plaque was unveiled dedicated to support for the Palestinian cause.
Palestinians commemorate Day of the Land every March 30th. On that day in 1976, Israeli military forces shot six young Palestinians during a protest against the Israeli occupation.
