Saturday April 13, 2019
Cuban Doctors: Dr Assel Herera Correa (left) and Dr Landy Rodriguez. [Courtesy]It is exactly nine and a half months since they arrived in Mandera County to offer health services.And before yesterday’s events, Dr Assel Herera Correa (general physician) and Dr Landy Rodriguez (surgeon) were the only foreign doctors brought into the country by the government who defied the odds to serve in an area perceived by many people as a “security risk.”The doctors had earned themselves the the name “Amigos” (friend), walking freely along the corridors of the hospital compound as they saluted locals in the popular “jambo” greeting.