Both doctors are surgeons at the Octavio de la Concepcion y de la Pedraja Pediatric Hospital of Holguin and did a joint thesis on diseases affecting children in this province.

The surgical procedure to non-traumatic disorders of the spleen and portal hypertension treatment were the subjects evaluated by the jury, which highlighted the work done by these doctors over the past three years in the treatment to children with disorders in the digestive tract.

The Cuban national healthcare system currently offers some 40 master degrees, from which more than 3,000 professionals have graduated.

(Ahora.cu)