First medical student fallen in defense of the nascent Socialist Revolution

Authors

  • Dairon Peña Älvarez
  • Daniela Ramón Enrriquez

Keywords:

student, Medicine, Medical Sciences

Abstract

Pedro Antonio Borrás Astorga was the first medical student to fall in defense of the Socialist Revolution and constitutes a revolutionary paradigm for all Cuban medical students, especially those at the Revolutionary Armed Forces University of Medical Sciences. He was one of the volunteers who offered to help capture mercenaries who, deep in the bush, were still harassing the revolutionary forces. When he strayed from the group, six mercenaries lying in ambush murdered him on Playa Morena, very close to the Bay of Pigs. When his companions returned, they found him dead. Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, upon handing him over to his parents, stated: "Because I do not graduate without the vibrant seal of decorum, because I do not graduate without the clean signature of duty fulfilled."

 

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Published

2025-01-15

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Peña Älvarez D, Ramón Enrriquez D. First medical student fallen in defense of the nascent Socialist Revolution. Invest Medicoquir [Internet]. 2025 Jan. 15 [cited 2025 Dec. 5];17(1):e926. Available from: https://revcimeq.sld.cu/index.php/imq/article/view/926

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2025): in progress

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