> Here's another 'neo-lib' post on Cuba - with profuse apologies to
> Cristobal Senior.
>
> Sujeet
>
> The Boston Globe
>
>
> The Cuban doctors program is wildly popular among Venezuela's poor.
> But Cubans have begun to object that the exodus of their healthcare
> workers is taking a toll on medical care for Cubans. Most people
> interviewed would speak only on condition that they not be identified
> or asked that just their first names be used, for fear of reprisals.
>
> A 45-year-old nurse in Camagüey province said she has worked without a
> doctor in her primary-care clinic for more than two years since the
> physician was transferred to another clinic to replace a doctor sent
> to Venezuela.
>
> ''My patients complain every day. They want me to act as a doctor, but
> I can't," she said helplessly. ''The level of attention isn't the same
> as before. It's not fair . . . to take from us to give to our
> neighbors. People are now saying, 'I've got to get a ticket to
> Venezuela to get healthcare!' "
So we have testimony from one un-named nurse! Christ, I am going to change occupations and become a hack journalist for the Boston Globe.
Travis