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Hiring Cuban doctors cost Angola nearly 80 million dollars

The costs for hiring Cuban medical specialists for health care in Angola amount to 79.3 million dollars (71.3 million euros), according to a presidential order authorizing the expenditure to be carried out.

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The hiring of Cuban specialists aims to ensure medical assistance to the populations and to train national professionals, but the diploma does not refer to the fight against covid-19.

In a presidential order, of 29 May, João Lourenço delegated to the Minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta, the competence to practice all decision-making and tutelary approval acts, including the approval of the parts of the procedure until the conclusion of the contract.

The resources necessary for the implementation of the contract must be provided by the Minister of Finance.

Last April, the Minister of Health announced the arrival of 244 Cuban doctors in the country, to help fight the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, which is being distributed throughout the country.

The hiring of Cuban doctors for Angola has raised controversy among the local medical class, led mainly by the National Union of Doctors of Angola (Sinmea), which has already expressed its discontent with the issue.

In a statement, Sinmea considers the Angolan medical profession to be devalued compared to the 5,000 dollars salary paid to its Cuban colleagues, according to information provided by the Minister of Health at a press conference.

Angola currently has 86 diagnosed cases of covid-19, of which four resulted in deaths, and has had no new cases in the last 24 hours.

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