New solidarity shipment for Cuba is loaded in Barcelona (+Photo)

Madrid, Feb 21.- The third shipment of the campaign “Tons of solidarity against the blockade against Cuba” in Spain, was released under the sponsorship of organizations in Catalonia, it was reported.

The process of collecting sanitary material and loading the container was organized by the Catalan solidarity platform Defensem Cuba and coordinated by the Committee of Solidarity with Central America of Prat and the Associació Nou Barris de Barcelona, in Prat de Llobregat.

Also included in the shipment, valued at 80,000 euros, was material donated by a hospital in Girona and medical supplies collected by the two solidarity organizations.

The associations of friendship with the Caribbean island and the members of the Cuban consulate in Barcelona were in charge of preparing the cargo that will leave for Cuba. The freight costs were assumed by the City Council of El Prat de Llobregat, a town in the province of Barcelona.

The materials sent are: masks, gowns, glasses, face shields, single-use sheets, adult diapers, examination stretchers, hydraulic stretchers, chairs, hospitalization chairs, blood extraction chairs, mattresses and equipment (ultra-decision, auto-sonic, monitors, autoclaves, rhinomanometers and endoscopy pump, among others).

(Prensa Latina)