More than 35 million Guatemalans have been assisted by Cuban health staff since 1998, at the beginning of the medical collaboration in Guatemala, until January, official figures state.
About 35,883,459 patients have been consulted since 1998 to 2014, according to the most recent report of the Cuban Medical Brigade in this Central American country.
Some 170,858 people were only assisted last month, while the number of saved lives reached 287,658 since 1998.
The source considers one life saved to who exceed serious health condition, very serious, or critical thanks to cares by the health personnel, regardless of their diagnosis.
Commenting on surgical activity, about 278,224 patients have been submitted to general surgery, gynecology, and orthopedics, 1,753 of which correspond to the previous month.
Thanks to the Operation Miracle program, about 125,467 cases for different eye pathologies have been undergone surgery.