Raúl Enríquez Quesada, head of the Santa Clara Main Telecommunications Center, told the Cuban News Agency that the initiative, which has been underway since last February, arose from a request by the provincial government, given the limitation in fuel use that affected the transfer of these patients, who mainly traveled by gasoline-powered taxi.

The shifts were organized based on the schedule they already had established, with their days and times for sessions, he added.

Trips are made daily from Monday to Friday, with four frequencies that begin at 7:00 a.m. and end around 8:00 p.m., transferring each patient with a companion, he specified.

It was necessary to adapt the entity's vehicles, which are originally service cars, through sanitization work and modifications that would allow the presence of a companion, as detailed by Alejandro Suárez Valdés, Specialist C in Telematics at the center itself.

Two cars and three workers participate in this task, he noted, selected from among the institution's best repairers, who were previously informed about the importance of the activity, the characteristics of the patients, and their psychological profile.

This mission is sensitive, since these are patients who depend on an instrument to live and who are guaranteed safe transportation to carry out their sessions, he concluded.

Patients have appreciated the work, both specialists agreed, who predicted that when this stage ends, personal friendships will remain that will last a lifetime.