1,550 of the 5,000 doctors hired by the López Obrador government have already arrived.
14ymedio, Mexico City, 23 August 2024 — the arrival, on Wednesday, of some 200 Cuban doctors at Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA), there are now almost 600 specialists from the island sent to Mexico in just 20 days. Two similar groups of 200 and 199, respectively, landed on August 2nd and 8th.
The doctors are met at the air terminal by diplomatic personnel and agents of the National Migration Institute. Afterwards, they are transported in official vehicles to Mexico City, from where they depart to other parts of the country.
According to the agreements signed between the two countries, the Cubans have been hired by the Andrés Manuel López Obrador Administration to fill positions in rural hospitals. These groups that arrived in August will join the 950 doctors that have arrived in the country since 2022, a figure that Mexico expects will reach 5,000, following the extension of the bilateral collaboration agreement, announced at the end of July.
None of the Mexican authorities made a statement on the matter or officially announced their meeting with the Cuban envoy.
The arrival of the specialists coincided with the Cuban Minister of Public Health, José Angel Portal Miranda’s visit to Mexico. The official met with his Mexican counterpart, Jorge Alcoc