Cuba treats Chernobyl child victims

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HAVANA, CanaReuter - A group of 139 child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, have arrived in Cuba from the Soviet Union to receive specialised medical treatment.

The children, aged between five and 15 and some accompanied by their mothers, flew in to Havana last Thursday night aboard two chartered Cuban airliners. President Fidel Castro personally greeted them. Two Havana hospitals were due to treat the children for illnesses resulting from the nuclear accident. Castro said Cuba was ready to give this kind of service to up to 10,000 children if necessary.

Earlier this month, a group of Soviet war veterans injured during their country's war in Afghanistan arrived in Cuba for medical treatment.