A team made up of doctors and nurses works with the rigor required by the Medical Genetics program.Milaidi Isabel Rodríguez is a pregnant resident of the Popular Council of Las Casimbas who shares the joy with her family for the arrival of her baby. “Happy everyone, she enjoys every moment and is accompanied by the responsibility that this entails.”
With similar emotions, Mileidis Borges from the Cabezo neighborhood affirms that the 21 weeks of gestation have been a wonderful experience that she is grateful for the advice of many specialists. “Sometimes we think there are too many exams, we have to come and go, but we have to be satisfied with the follow-up that is done so that the baby is well as well as us.”
And in that effort comes the love and dedication of a team of professionals from the Public Health sector who ensure the follow-up of each medical procedure and share the mission of bringing happiness to Calixteños homes.
[Teresa Guevara Batista, at the head of the Medical Genetics program in the Calixteño territory.] Teresa Guevara Batista, at the head of the Medical Genetics program in the Calixteño territory.
This is explained by Teresa Guevara Batista, head of the Medical Genetics program in the Calixteño territory. “It is a privilege that we have in this profession that is based on the diagnosis of malformations in the fetus and in the case of the pregnant woman it allows us to know the state of her health and prevent certain conditions from influencing the quality of life of the future baby. ”.
“We are a team made up of doctors and nurses, and we all work with the rigor that a task like this demands, sometimes called too many exams, but all of them, depending on the moment of pregnancy, are important to determine the conduct to follow even in medical centers. provincial”.
“Like any profession, explains Teresa Guevara, it has challenges that make us share happiness in homes, but at the same time give encouragement to that mother when for one reason or another a condition is confirmed in her child, but in general sense the program “It has proven its worth as a guarantee of health in the country.”
The Medical Genetics program began in April 2002 in the Holguín municipality of Calixto García and professionals such as Tamara Cables Acosta, who worked for 11 years, have joined it.
[Patients appreciate the professionalism and dedication of the team of Health professionals integrated into the program.] Patients appreciate the professionalism and dedication of the team of Health professionals integrated into the program.
The experience defines her as enriching in her professional training. "As in any program that begins, it gets underway little by little and we were lucky enough to even get to the radio to make known the dimension of the task, and thus the family would be equipped with its importance."
And he adds: “We were initiators, together with Dr. Yeline García Berrey, of the program for the detection of mental retardation in 2002-2003, we even visited bedridden patients, and so on, other lines of work were incorporated to monitor common illnesses, experiences, with local and provincial recognition in scientific conferences.”
More than two decades after its creation in the territory, the Medical Genetics program is consolidated and continues to radiate happiness in the Calixtean neighborhoods.
