For the second consecutive year, Cuba ended 2018 with the lowest infant mortality rate in its history, and with four fewer deaths than the previous year, at 4.0 per thousand live births.

Although the Surgical Clinical Hospital "Lucía Iñiguez Landín" is the youngest among the provincial health institutions that Holguín has, with 20 years of creation, the continuous use of its facilities has caused constructive deterioration, hence rescuing scenarios and returning them improved has been a maxim that has characterized the work there during this year.