Port au Prince, June 12 (RHC) -– Haiti opened on June 11th its third community hospital with the support of Cuba and Brazil, after the earthquake that hit the nation in January 2010.

The medical facility was inaugurated by Haiti President Michel Martelly at the Carrefour neighborhood, west of the capital Port au Prince and it will benefit a population of more than 60 thousand, according to Prensa Latina news agency.

Martelly stressed the importance of Cuban cooperation in the health sector and in other areas, such as education, fishing, construction and agriculture.

Meanwhile, Cuban ambassador to Haiti, Ricardo Garcia, said that the facility, in which Cuban medical specialists will also work, will contribute to the strengthening and reconstruction of the Haitian health system in order to improve the people’s quality of life.

Last Month, Haitian authorities opened a community hospital in the locality of Bon Repos with capacity for 52 beds and primary services in the specialties of surgery, general medicine, orthopedics, pediatrics, gynecology among others.

Also inaugurated last month was the National Rehabilitation Institute to assist over one million people with physical disabilities, according to official sources.