[NYTr] Cuban Medical Equipment In Final Trial Stage

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Cuban Medical Equipment In Final Trial Stage

Havana, Nov 30 (acn) A high performance electrocardiograph, a machine 
that takes ambulatory measurements, and another for tele-monitoring 
cardiovascular rehab patients are among the new products that have 
entered the final trial stage, stated the director of the Center for 
Digital Research (ICID) in Havana, Fernando Arrojas.

During a ceremony held on Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of the 
Cuban Industry of Medical Equipment, Arrojas said that the ICID has 
developed over the years a line of cardiology equipment, including the 
latest versions of the CARDIOCID and EXCORDE digital 
electrocardiographs, the CARDIODEF 2 defibrillator-monitor, and 
hospital monitoring devices such as the DOCTUS, used in intensive care 
facilities.

Another important entity of the Cuban medical equipment industry is the 
National Center for Neuroscience, founded in 1990.  Director Dr. 
Mitchell Valdes spoke about some of the equipment produced by the 
center including MEDICID (digital electroencephalograms), NEURONICA 
(electromyography) and AUDIX (automated electro-audiometer). Valdes 
said that the center is currently working on the implementation of a 
universal auditory research system for children and on an international 
project mapping the human brain, reports Granma newspaper.

Cuban Public Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer also addressed the 
gathering, recalling the first Cuban produced medical equipment to be 
exported some 25 years ago, the MEDICID 03. He said that, despite the 
financial, commercial and economic blockade of the US government on the 
island for over 45 years, the country has been able to develop an 
important scientific industry, inspired and promoted by Cuban President 
Fidel Castro.