After two months hospitalized in Spain, in delicate health conditions, returns to Cuba, Ronaldo Veitia Valdivié. The Cuban women’s judo coach traveled accompanied by his sonaccording to sports authorities of the Island Last night the flight was made in which he was returning to his country.
Also They specified that the coach’s medical attention was guaranteed since his arrival to Havana international airport.
“As a result of efforts shared by #InderCuba and #EmbaCubaSpain, the beloved professor Ronaldo Veitía and his companion are already traveling to the homeland. Medical attention has also been guaranteed, since his arrival in Havana,” the director of International Relations of INDER, Gisleidy Sosa, reported on Twitter on Monday.
In the information published through the official media Cubadebate, it was revealed that the trip of the coach and his companion has been assumed by the Cuban sports institution and ensures that the professor returns “with the greatest facilities” for his delicate state of health.
Through your Facebook profile his son Ronaldo Veitía Quiñones, confirmed that the Cuban Consulate in Spain informed him that his father would return to Cuba at any time and that he was going to accompany him.
“It has been her wish since the first day: to return to her beloved land,” highlighted Veitía Quiñones, who thanked the Cuban consul, INDER and all the people who gave her their support so that her father could see his dream come true.
«To the many who show their affection and gratitude towards my dad, I thank you from the bottom of my heart on behalf of the whole family. There are two things that have always been inalienable for my father: Judo and Cuba. Thanks god will have the opportunity to give back and feel that how much he has given to his country with all his heartis being reciprocated with the love and admiration of the people,” he said.
Since last Thursdaythe coach’s son had asked for help to transfer him to CubaAs he explained on that occasion, INDER and the Cuban Consulate offered him two air tickets: one for his father, in a delicate state of health, and another for a companion.
The, although he wanted to travel with his father, he could not do so because his Cuban passport had expired, and the authorities informed him that the renewal process took up to two months.
Thusrequested help from the Cuban government or any international health organization to be able to process your passport urgently, or a safe conduct that would allow him to accompany his father on his return to Cuba and return immediately to Spain, the country where he has lived for 17 years.
“It is a shame that a person who has given innumerable glories to Cuban sports is suffering so much at the moment, and that after more than 2 months in the hospital he cannot be accompanied by someone who has been by his side during this time due to a procedure bureaucratic, but what is really important now is his urgent transfer to Cuba,” Veitía Quiñones demanded.
Ronaldo was in Spain for about five months with his son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildrenin the Valencian province of Alicante, where He suffered a syncope from which he has not been able to fully recover. The glory of Cuban judo at 74 years old is considered as one of the best female judo coaches in the world.
