The Illustrious Official College of Physicians of Madrid (ICOMEM) decided this Wednesday to allow the registration of Cuban doctors without the need to present the certificate of non-disqualification, a document that is currently not being issued in Cuba.
The ICOMEM made this decision, which represents a crucial advance for Cuban doctors who wish to practice in Madrid, whose accreditation process has been severely impacted by the difficulties in obtaining this document on the island, as reported on their website.
The decision was announced following a meeting held between Dr. Manuel Martínez-Sellés, president of ICOMEM, and Dr. Guillermo Ponce, president of the Association of Cuban Doctors, who was accompanied by Dr. Lita Saransig and Liseth Camacho, members of the association.
Recently, the Health Counselor of the Community of Madrid, Fátima Matute, urged the ministries of Education and Health of Spain for "greater speed" in the accreditation of degrees for Cuban doctors.
During a meeting with representatives of the Cuban Medical Association in Spain, the councilor emphasized that the doctors trained on the island have been fighting for several years for the recognition of their university degrees, which they claim is significantly delayed, according to a report from the Spanish newspaper ConSalud.
These delays prompted the Movement of Cuban Homologations in Spain, in conjunction with the Association of Cuban Doctors in Spain, to organize a protest on September 25 in front of the Congress of Deputies in Madrid.
The demonstration aimed to denounce the long delays in the recognition of Cuban university degrees, a process that, according to the Old Royal Decree 967/2014 and the New Royal Decree 889/2022, should be resolved within six months, but currently suffers delays of up to five years, reported La Razón.
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