Dr. Gladyz Zuazaga Cabrera: example of a woman of integrity

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life history, Cuban revolutionary medicine

Abstract

Introduction: Dr. Gladys María Zuazaga Cabrera is a model of comprehensive training in Cuban and Villa Clara revolutionary medicine, she is a professional who prioritized the interests of the Homeland over personal ones and who has served it by combining what she loved with what was needed. . She achieved her greatest successes as a political and administrative leader, but she did not stop loving the clinic.
Objective: to highlight the life story of the Doctor as a model of comprehensive training in Cuban and Villa Clara revolutionary medicine.
Method: a bibliographic review was carried out that included books, magazines, web pages, original documents of her treated personality and personal interviews with both her and co-workers.
Conclusions: Dr. Zuazaga Cabrera represents a worthy example of the generation that was born in 1959. She embraced the Revolution and demonstrated that directing her soul, the Party, and the processes that are generated in a hospital unit also fulfills the work of life.

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Author Biographies

Aurora Negrín Juriajuria, Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"

Licenciada en Educación, Marxismo e Historia. Profesora Asistente en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara.

Yamila Cabrera Bermúdez, Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"

Licenciada en Educación, Especialidad en Defectología y Logopedia. Máster en Educación Especial. Profesora Asistente en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara.

Alaen Vázquez Bermúdez, Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"

Especialista en I Grado en Medicina General Integral. Especialista en I Grado en Cirugía General. Profesor Instructor en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara.

References

1.Cabrera Bermúdez Y. Entrevista realizada a la doctora Gladys Zuazaga Cabrera. Santa Clara; 17/09/2021.

2.Cabrera Bermúdez Y, Negrín Juriajuria A. Entrevista a compañeros de trabajo del Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”. Santa Clara: HPCQU “Arnaldo Milián Castro”; 2021.

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Published

2022-10-01

How to Cite

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Negrín Juriajuria A, Cabrera Bermúdez Y, Vázquez Bermúdez A. Dr. Gladyz Zuazaga Cabrera: example of a woman of integrity. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2022 Oct. 1 [cited 2025 Jun. 25];16(4):798-80. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1687

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Vol. 16 No. 4 (2022): October-December

Section

Culture and Medicine

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