# José Vargas Díaz, Eminent Cuban Neuropediatrician, Passes Away

**Date:** 07/04/2022

With the passing this Friday of Doctor of Medical Sciences José Vargas Díaz, a Second-Degree Specialist in Pediatric Neurology, Cuba's health system loses one of the best Neuropediatricians and Pediatricians in the country.

Full Professor and Consultant, Vargas was head of the Pediatric Neurology Service at the Havana-based Instituto de Neurología y Neurocirugía (INN) Doctor Rafael Estrada González, where the staff is in mourning and paying him tribute.

"Today a common tear flows from all of his workers and his patients; we only have the consolation of having enjoyed his friendship, his faithful companionship, his smile, and his imperishable example as a Man, a Worker, and as an irreplaceable Human Being," wrote Professor Francisco Calixto Machado Curbelo on his Facebook profile.

There are Men who, after their death, leave a trail of sadness and consternation, united with infinite admiration.

"Upon learning of his passing, I felt a very strange mix of despair, of asking myself why, and of not accepting that we have lost him," added Machado Curbelo, Doctor of Sciences and eminent neurophysiologist at INN.

Doctor José Vargas Díaz was born in Güines, now in Mayabeque province, and was that perfect Son that all parents want to have, always surrounded by his friends, and brilliant in his school, according to the note published on infomed.

Previously he worked at Hospital Infantil Pedro Borrás, where he trained under illustrious professors of Cuban Pediatrics; and without abandoning that specialty, his professional interests gradually turned toward Neuropediatrics.

He created a beautiful and happy family with his wife and two children, was a husband who spent several months alongside his Fiancée-Wife who was dying slowly, and he cared for her, giving her all his affection and love until her last breath; perhaps his premature death was due in part to not accepting the loss of his wife, emphasized Calixto Machado.

As a professional he was simply admirable, noted Calixto Machado, highlighting Doctor Vargas's formal education, affection, and respect toward his students and friends who admired him and received his wisdom and wise counsel from him.

Cuban Medicine has lost a symbol of erudition, dedication, and commitment to his career; he is, without a doubt, one of the best Neuropediatricians and Pediatricians in Cuba of all time, an imperishable example, an irreplaceable Human Being, the message concludes.