Naturally healthy at Mountain Health Center

This is a work of hard work and heart. They got their start and brought a facility back to life and that means a lot to mountaineers when it comes to health.

The Crucecitas Mountain Health Center (CSM) is beautiful, and is by no means out of place in the quaint spot of “Guamuhaya” hill in Cienfuegos. Between the greenness of plants and the freshness of their perpetual air, there is no doubt that health is recovering.

Recently, Dr. Nouriel Vega Lopez has worked as a director, but is convinced of the amount of contributions that can be made from there.

The center will have a variety of services, including equine therapy, treatment for patients with dementia or mental disorders, and medical or cosmetic aesthetics to enhance skin care, using the natural resources we have in the region.

But it also has an academic area and research projects are identified, based on the plants of the place, such as the butterfly, the national flower: “We encourage a grove of butterflies, with three different species and this will allow us to use their essence for skin and hair care, as there are studies that talk about it being anti-inflammatory and has Therapeutic effects,” Dr. Noriel abounds.

On this very matter, Regional Health Director, Dr. Salvador Tamayo Muñez says: “The butterfly is a relative of ginger and turmeric, two plants that are today in the top medicinal plants due to their benefits, particularly in anti-aging medicine. And as metabolic regulators. Hence, the The rhizome of our national flowers with similar properties has become research lines with wide potential for development. ”

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Young Dr. Masiel Ojeda País is a dentist at CSM and has the essential resources to provide care not only to patients. “Here we serve the residents of the clinics located in El Mamé, Crucesitas, El Nicho and Cimarones along with Sin Rosas. We exchange roles in advance and they come when they are due. We appreciate the possibility of having a guard here because now, in case of emergency or urgency, they must go to San Blas.”

Rehabilitation in various ways is important. Those who access the Crucecitas CSM, depending on their status, will be able to access it. “We treat any condition, for example hemiplegia, osteoporosis or respiratory disease,” says lawyer Yeiner Muñoz Castellón, who specializes in rehabilitation.

“We have the equipment needed to perform, which has been recovered in other locations and incorporated into our center. In all cases the physiotherapist performs an initial assessment and according to what he decides we implement the treatment.”

The pharmacy has become an astonishing pocket inside CSM Lisnaya González Duarte is the employee: “Among the products we offer to residents are hand gel (of two types), and ozonated soap made from sunflower oil and other natural materials. Pullovers, hats and other clothing are also available.”

Natural juices, tizana and mixes are the main offerings of Phytobar, a site where Hendry Ruiz Quintana operates, my leg. “Those who stay here can get care when they want to. We have established contacts with farmers and cooperative members who provide medicinal plants and fruit varieties from the area, such as guava, mango, lemon and custard apple.

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“We will not have to travel to Comanagua to have X-rays, ultrasounds or complementary analyses,” says Mariana Sidious, one of Crucecitas’ neighbors, who recognizes the operation of the center as a free benefit established in Cuba as a right of all citizens without discrimination.

Another compatriot agrees with this view, Raquel Ramirez, who does not hide her joy. “Being a bit sick, it was difficult to find specialists due to the instability of the transfer, but now we are happy with our center.”

Although it will be in January 2022 when the first corsets arrive, the benefits of the Mountain Health Center are already noticeable, which, according to the regional health director, has special champions: “First of all there is the mountain and its ecosystem, a cause that makes it Unique with the residents is to become a healer, because those who attend can exchange with the residents of the place or travel the therapeutic paths that lead to the communities adjacent to the health institution.Another distinguishing element is human capital, mainly young people, with vast possibilities for research, innovation and contribution to the Scientific production.

The emergence of Mountain Health Center is a relief, from the recovery of former hospital facilities and polyclinic in the mountain city, a location that lives up to its name and seeks recovery and well-being from nature.