Dr. Daniel Inclán López: paradigm of the medical services

Abstract

Daniel Inclán López was born in July,1937 in a place called Los Palacios, Pinar del Río. He studied Elementary School and High School in that province until 1954. He began his medical studies in the University of Havana and completed them in 1965. Dr. Daniel Inclán participated in the fight against Batista. He was member of the Movimiento Revolucionario 26 de julio (MR26-7).

After the triumph of the Revolution, he performed a variety of tasks within the Revolutionary Armed Forces: he was the second in command of the medical services of the arm forces in the Eastern region of the country (from 1966 to 1970) and the Head of the Sección de Prevención y Asistencia Médica de la Dirección de Servicios Médicos de las FAR. He participated in several internationalist missions.

In the university, Dr. Inclán was the founder of the Asociación de Jóvenes Rebeldes (AJR) and the Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC). In 2000, he received the “Premio Annual de Salud” award, which was given by the Ministry of Public Health.  Since 2012, he has worked as professor of the Departamento de Preparación para la Defensa in “General Calixto Gracía” Medical Faculty.  He was the head of this department from April 2014 to September 2017.  He received many recognitions for his teaching, political, and revolutionary work.