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June 18, 2001



FROM CUBA

Manicurist removes stitches

HAVANA, June 14 (Luis Viño Zimerman, UPECI) - A mother who visited nine medical facilities to have a stitch from her daughter's forehead ended up having a manicurist do the job.

"I went through nine family care offices and the local polyclinic, all to no avail. I even went to the Naval Hospital, and they didn't have sterile materials," said Ana Despaigne Mora, a resident of East Havana.

All she wanted was to have a stitch removed from her six-year-old daughter Yohanca's forehead. Everywhere she went, she was told they didn't have sterile materials with which to do the job. She said she spent four hours going around the city trying to find a facility that would remove the stitch.

"I solved the problem with a neighbor who's a manicurist. She sterilized a nail clipper, washed the girl's forehead with alcohol, and zap!, she took out the stitch," Despagine said.

\Versión original en español



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