Background:

Cuba has provided its services in many countries around the world, including Ecuador. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is one of specialties that have worked there.

Objective:

to describe the results of Physiatry work in Cisne II Ecuador, from January to April 2018.

Methods:

descriptive study that included all the patients treated by the Cuban doctor who worked at the Cisne II Health Center, type C. The measured variables: number of patients treated, sex, age groups and conditions treated. The data were obtained from the locality Department of Statistics, Admission and Archives.

Results:

1110 patients were treated, mainly female (54%) and the group between 45 and 64 years old. The most frequently treated condition was knee osteoarthritis (26.7%) followed by low back pain (23.1%); the least frequently observed was hemiplegia with 0.78%.

Conclusions:

a significant number of people received medical service benefits for the common illness treatment among the population, something they had never had before.

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