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Cuban health care is a catastrophe
How did the Castro regime's propaganda machine manage to fool so many for so long?
reason.com/video/2022-04-18/The-Myth-of-Cuban-Health-Care
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"If there's one thing they do right in Cuba, it's health care," said Michael Moore in a 2007 interview. "Cuba has the best health care system in the entire area," according to Angela Davis, "and in many respects much better than the U.S."
"One thing that's well established in the global health community is the strength of the Cuban national health system," said Clare Wenham, a professor at the London School of Economics.
Claims like these have appeared in hundreds of documentaries, newspaper articles, and magazine features over the years celebrating the supposed marvel of Cuba's health care system. It's a testament to the effectiv...
published: 18 Apr 2022
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Woman questions medical care in Cuba when trip turns deadly
From Havana, Esmeralda Anguis and her family traveled to Varadero to stay in a luxury hotel to continue celebrating her parents' anniversary, but the celebratory vacation turned deadly.
published: 14 Nov 2018
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Cuba's Cutting-Edge Pharmaceuticals
Cuba has developed a vaccine against lung cancer and Americans are traveling through Canada to get access to the drug, but that could soon change.
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published: 08 Jun 2016
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Cuba's medical diplomacy
During more than fifty years of isolation, Cuba has had one major tool of diplomacy - its doctors.
More than fifty-thousand health care workers have been sent to sixty-five countries.
But as Kil-Minnie Do-Cart reports, warming relations with the U-S could threaten Cuba's international medical contributions.
published: 26 Feb 2015
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The Secret Behind Cuba's Extraordinary Healthcare
The success of Cuban healthcare has little to do with cutting-edge equipment or advanced diagnostic techniques. But Cuba's doctors pay a heavy price.
The Cuban government operates a national healthcare system that covers all of its citizens. It also exports tens of thousands of doctors to just under 70 countries.
For decades Cuba has held its own against first world countries on in most indicators of health. Their infant mortality and life expectancy is on par with the United States. Detractors have pointed out discrepancies in the statistics but the overall message is clear: For the resources it has, Cuba is providing excellent health services to its citizens.
This may soon change. Cuba recently eased restrictions on its doctors leaving Cuba. This may result in a mass exodus of...
published: 12 Dec 2018
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Why does Cuba have so many doctors?
Dozens of countries have requested Cuba’s medical help to fight the coronavirus. Why are Cuba’s doctors in such high demand?
#Cuba #Doctors #Coronavirus
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published: 09 May 2020
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Coronavirus: Medical teams in Cuba pay door-to-door visits | AFP
Cuban doctors and medical students pay door-to-door visits to residents living in low-income neighbourhoods in the capital to ensure they have all the necessary information to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak.
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published: 01 Apr 2020
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How Palestinians Are Becoming Doctors in Cuba For Free
Cuba's medical internationalism is world renowned but especially in Palestine.
One of the largest contingents at Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine is from Palestine.
BT's Kei Pritsker spoke to Palestinian students at ELAM about why they admire Cuba's medical solidarity so much.
published: 29 Nov 2022
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Cuba eyes US market for expected medical tourism boom
Providing medical services to foreign countries is a major source of income for Cuba. Now the country is eyeing the US market as it looks to expand its local health tourism industry. Natasha Ghoneim reports from Havana.
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published: 29 Feb 2016
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THE CUBAN DOSE | Insights into Cuba’s legendary healthcare system
Amid the controversy over the exchange program on whether it will work or not, it is in no doubt that our ailing healthcare system is on its knees. On our special feature, The Cuban Dose, We tell you how Cuba does it. Mercy Kandie with that story
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published: 27 May 2018
22:12
Cuban health care is a catastrophe
How did the Castro regime's propaganda machine manage to fool so many for so long?
reason.com/video/2022-04-18/The-Myth-of-Cuban-Health-Care
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How did the Castro regime's propaganda machine manage to fool so many for so long?
reason.com/video/2022-04-18/The-Myth-of-Cuban-Health-Care
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"If there's one thing they do right in Cuba, it's health care," said Michael Moore in a 2007 interview. "Cuba has the best health care system in the entire area," according to Angela Davis, "and in many respects much better than the U.S."
"One thing that's well established in the global health community is the strength of the Cuban national health system," said Clare Wenham, a professor at the London School of Economics.
Claims like these have appeared in hundreds of documentaries, newspaper articles, and magazine features over the years celebrating the supposed marvel of Cuba's health care system. It's a testament to the effectiveness of the Castro regime's propaganda apparatus that this myth, so deeply at odds with reality, has persisted for so long.
"The Cuban health care system is destroyed," Rotceh Rios Molina, a Cuban doctor who escaped the country's medical mission while stationed in Mexico, tells Reason in Spanish. "The doctor's offices are in very bad shape."
"People are dying in the hallways," says José Angel Sánchez, another Cuban doctor who defected from the medical mission in Venezuela, tells Reason in Spanish.
According to Rios, Sánchez, and others with firsthand experience practicing medicine in Cuba, the island nation's health care system is a catastrophe. It's exactly what you'd expect in a country impoverished by communism.
In the 15 years since the release of Michael Moore's 'Sicko,' which celebrated Cuban health care, everyday citizens have been armed with smartphones and social media, empowering them to tell the truth about what it's really like in Cuban hospitals.
So how did the Castro regime's propaganda machine manage to fool so many for so long? According to Maria Werlau, executive director of the Cuba Archive, the answer lies with Cuba's foreign medical missions, which are teams of health care professionals dispatched to provide emergency and routine care to foreign countries.
Rios participated in the medical mission in Sierra Leone in 2013, where health care specialists from around the world came to help contain the Ebola epidemic. The members of the mission were told that when they returned to Cuba, they would be received as heroes. Rios says that, while he did receive a stipend that went to cover his living expenses, medical personnel from other countries were generously compensated.
In a 2020 report, Human Rights Watch said the Cuban medical missions "violate [doctors'] fundamental rights," including "the right to privacy, freedom of expression and association, liberty, and movement, among others." It noted that "many doctors feel pressured to participate in the missions and fear retaliation if they do not..."
After the mission in Sierra Leone, Rios was redeployed to a military base in Mexico. One day, he was sent with a group of doctors to buy some phone cards so they could connect with their relatives back home. He decided to make his escape. Rios found a job at a Mexican pharmacy and started saving money to pay a coyote to bring him into the U.S. He was picked up by border officials, and taken to an immigrant detention center for 42 days. After his release, he could join his family in Miami.
The medical missions are primarily a way of selling Cuban health care services abroad. So what's health care like for those living on the island?
Julio Cesar Alfonso is the president of the Miami-based Solidarity Without Borders, which helps Cuban doctors who have escaped. He says that there are two health care systems in Cuba—one that is used by the majority of regular citizens, and another that is reserved for tourists and the Cuban elite.
Sánchez thinks that, as the Castros' health care myth crumbles, ordinary Cubans are beginning to realize that they are not threatened by foreign enemies, as the regime propaganda machine has claimed for decades.
"The only enemy of the Cuban people," he says, "is the Cuban government."
Written and hosted by Daniel Raisbeck and Jim Epstein; narrated by Daniel Raisbeck; edited by John Osterhoudt; camera by Epstein, Osterhoudt, Isaac Reese, and Meredith Bragg; graphic design by Nathalie Walker; animations by Reese and Osterhoudt; additional editing support by Regan Taylor; ; additional research by Alexandra De Caires; translation assistance by María Jose Inojosa Salina; English subtitles by Caitlin Peters.
https://wn.com/Cuban_Health_Care_Is_A_Catastrophe
How did the Castro regime's propaganda machine manage to fool so many for so long?
reason.com/video/2022-04-18/The-Myth-of-Cuban-Health-Care
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"If there's one thing they do right in Cuba, it's health care," said Michael Moore in a 2007 interview. "Cuba has the best health care system in the entire area," according to Angela Davis, "and in many respects much better than the U.S."
"One thing that's well established in the global health community is the strength of the Cuban national health system," said Clare Wenham, a professor at the London School of Economics.
Claims like these have appeared in hundreds of documentaries, newspaper articles, and magazine features over the years celebrating the supposed marvel of Cuba's health care system. It's a testament to the effectiveness of the Castro regime's propaganda apparatus that this myth, so deeply at odds with reality, has persisted for so long.
"The Cuban health care system is destroyed," Rotceh Rios Molina, a Cuban doctor who escaped the country's medical mission while stationed in Mexico, tells Reason in Spanish. "The doctor's offices are in very bad shape."
"People are dying in the hallways," says José Angel Sánchez, another Cuban doctor who defected from the medical mission in Venezuela, tells Reason in Spanish.
According to Rios, Sánchez, and others with firsthand experience practicing medicine in Cuba, the island nation's health care system is a catastrophe. It's exactly what you'd expect in a country impoverished by communism.
In the 15 years since the release of Michael Moore's 'Sicko,' which celebrated Cuban health care, everyday citizens have been armed with smartphones and social media, empowering them to tell the truth about what it's really like in Cuban hospitals.
So how did the Castro regime's propaganda machine manage to fool so many for so long? According to Maria Werlau, executive director of the Cuba Archive, the answer lies with Cuba's foreign medical missions, which are teams of health care professionals dispatched to provide emergency and routine care to foreign countries.
Rios participated in the medical mission in Sierra Leone in 2013, where health care specialists from around the world came to help contain the Ebola epidemic. The members of the mission were told that when they returned to Cuba, they would be received as heroes. Rios says that, while he did receive a stipend that went to cover his living expenses, medical personnel from other countries were generously compensated.
In a 2020 report, Human Rights Watch said the Cuban medical missions "violate [doctors'] fundamental rights," including "the right to privacy, freedom of expression and association, liberty, and movement, among others." It noted that "many doctors feel pressured to participate in the missions and fear retaliation if they do not..."
After the mission in Sierra Leone, Rios was redeployed to a military base in Mexico. One day, he was sent with a group of doctors to buy some phone cards so they could connect with their relatives back home. He decided to make his escape. Rios found a job at a Mexican pharmacy and started saving money to pay a coyote to bring him into the U.S. He was picked up by border officials, and taken to an immigrant detention center for 42 days. After his release, he could join his family in Miami.
The medical missions are primarily a way of selling Cuban health care services abroad. So what's health care like for those living on the island?
Julio Cesar Alfonso is the president of the Miami-based Solidarity Without Borders, which helps Cuban doctors who have escaped. He says that there are two health care systems in Cuba—one that is used by the majority of regular citizens, and another that is reserved for tourists and the Cuban elite.
Sánchez thinks that, as the Castros' health care myth crumbles, ordinary Cubans are beginning to realize that they are not threatened by foreign enemies, as the regime propaganda machine has claimed for decades.
"The only enemy of the Cuban people," he says, "is the Cuban government."
Written and hosted by Daniel Raisbeck and Jim Epstein; narrated by Daniel Raisbeck; edited by John Osterhoudt; camera by Epstein, Osterhoudt, Isaac Reese, and Meredith Bragg; graphic design by Nathalie Walker; animations by Reese and Osterhoudt; additional editing support by Regan Taylor; ; additional research by Alexandra De Caires; translation assistance by María Jose Inojosa Salina; English subtitles by Caitlin Peters.
- published: 18 Apr 2022
- views: 95094
2:21
Woman questions medical care in Cuba when trip turns deadly
From Havana, Esmeralda Anguis and her family traveled to Varadero to stay in a luxury hotel to continue celebrating her parents' anniversary, but the celebrator...
From Havana, Esmeralda Anguis and her family traveled to Varadero to stay in a luxury hotel to continue celebrating her parents' anniversary, but the celebratory vacation turned deadly.
https://wn.com/Woman_Questions_Medical_Care_In_Cuba_When_Trip_Turns_Deadly
From Havana, Esmeralda Anguis and her family traveled to Varadero to stay in a luxury hotel to continue celebrating her parents' anniversary, but the celebratory vacation turned deadly.
- published: 14 Nov 2018
- views: 3096
9:41
Cuba's Cutting-Edge Pharmaceuticals
Cuba has developed a vaccine against lung cancer and Americans are traveling through Canada to get access to the drug, but that could soon change.
Click here fo...
Cuba has developed a vaccine against lung cancer and Americans are traveling through Canada to get access to the drug, but that could soon change.
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Cuba has developed a vaccine against lung cancer and Americans are traveling through Canada to get access to the drug, but that could soon change.
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- published: 08 Jun 2016
- views: 27511
2:29
Cuba's medical diplomacy
During more than fifty years of isolation, Cuba has had one major tool of diplomacy - its doctors.
More than fifty-thousand health care workers have been sent...
During more than fifty years of isolation, Cuba has had one major tool of diplomacy - its doctors.
More than fifty-thousand health care workers have been sent to sixty-five countries.
But as Kil-Minnie Do-Cart reports, warming relations with the U-S could threaten Cuba's international medical contributions.
https://wn.com/Cuba's_Medical_Diplomacy
During more than fifty years of isolation, Cuba has had one major tool of diplomacy - its doctors.
More than fifty-thousand health care workers have been sent to sixty-five countries.
But as Kil-Minnie Do-Cart reports, warming relations with the U-S could threaten Cuba's international medical contributions.
- published: 26 Feb 2015
- views: 4312
5:39
The Secret Behind Cuba's Extraordinary Healthcare
The success of Cuban healthcare has little to do with cutting-edge equipment or advanced diagnostic techniques. But Cuba's doctors pay a heavy price.
The Cuban...
The success of Cuban healthcare has little to do with cutting-edge equipment or advanced diagnostic techniques. But Cuba's doctors pay a heavy price.
The Cuban government operates a national healthcare system that covers all of its citizens. It also exports tens of thousands of doctors to just under 70 countries.
For decades Cuba has held its own against first world countries on in most indicators of health. Their infant mortality and life expectancy is on par with the United States. Detractors have pointed out discrepancies in the statistics but the overall message is clear: For the resources it has, Cuba is providing excellent health services to its citizens.
This may soon change. Cuba recently eased restrictions on its doctors leaving Cuba. This may result in a mass exodus of medial personnel to countries that pay far better than what the Cuban government can afford.
Whether you praise or criticize Cuban healthcare, it’s worth taking a close look at a system that provides universal healthcare at a fraction of the cost of most developed countries.
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Category: Travel
https://wn.com/The_Secret_Behind_Cuba's_Extraordinary_Healthcare
The success of Cuban healthcare has little to do with cutting-edge equipment or advanced diagnostic techniques. But Cuba's doctors pay a heavy price.
The Cuban government operates a national healthcare system that covers all of its citizens. It also exports tens of thousands of doctors to just under 70 countries.
For decades Cuba has held its own against first world countries on in most indicators of health. Their infant mortality and life expectancy is on par with the United States. Detractors have pointed out discrepancies in the statistics but the overall message is clear: For the resources it has, Cuba is providing excellent health services to its citizens.
This may soon change. Cuba recently eased restrictions on its doctors leaving Cuba. This may result in a mass exodus of medial personnel to countries that pay far better than what the Cuban government can afford.
Whether you praise or criticize Cuban healthcare, it’s worth taking a close look at a system that provides universal healthcare at a fraction of the cost of most developed countries.
Tune in for a new video every week from the far corners of Our Human Planet! http://www.YouTube.com/OurHumanPlanet
Download our complete 2-hour PBS documentary series on Cuba: http://www.japanlandonline.com/
Subscribe to OUR HUMAN PLANET: https://bit.ly/2V4LsRa
#Travel #Adventure #Cuba
Category: Travel
- published: 12 Dec 2018
- views: 40297
5:39
Why does Cuba have so many doctors?
Dozens of countries have requested Cuba’s medical help to fight the coronavirus. Why are Cuba’s doctors in such high demand?
#Cuba #Doctors #Coronavirus
Subs...
Dozens of countries have requested Cuba’s medical help to fight the coronavirus. Why are Cuba’s doctors in such high demand?
#Cuba #Doctors #Coronavirus
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Dozens of countries have requested Cuba’s medical help to fight the coronavirus. Why are Cuba’s doctors in such high demand?
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- published: 09 May 2020
- views: 51359
1:34
Coronavirus: Medical teams in Cuba pay door-to-door visits | AFP
Cuban doctors and medical students pay door-to-door visits to residents living in low-income neighbourhoods in the capital to ensure they have all the necessary...
Cuban doctors and medical students pay door-to-door visits to residents living in low-income neighbourhoods in the capital to ensure they have all the necessary information to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak.
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https://wn.com/Coronavirus_Medical_Teams_In_Cuba_Pay_Door_To_Door_Visits_|_Afp
Cuban doctors and medical students pay door-to-door visits to residents living in low-income neighbourhoods in the capital to ensure they have all the necessary information to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak.
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- published: 01 Apr 2020
- views: 9631
6:25
How Palestinians Are Becoming Doctors in Cuba For Free
Cuba's medical internationalism is world renowned but especially in Palestine.
One of the largest contingents at Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine is fr...
Cuba's medical internationalism is world renowned but especially in Palestine.
One of the largest contingents at Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine is from Palestine.
BT's Kei Pritsker spoke to Palestinian students at ELAM about why they admire Cuba's medical solidarity so much.
https://wn.com/How_Palestinians_Are_Becoming_Doctors_In_Cuba_For_Free
Cuba's medical internationalism is world renowned but especially in Palestine.
One of the largest contingents at Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine is from Palestine.
BT's Kei Pritsker spoke to Palestinian students at ELAM about why they admire Cuba's medical solidarity so much.
- published: 29 Nov 2022
- views: 11872
2:07
Cuba eyes US market for expected medical tourism boom
Providing medical services to foreign countries is a major source of income for Cuba. Now the country is eyeing the US market as it looks to expand its local he...
Providing medical services to foreign countries is a major source of income for Cuba. Now the country is eyeing the US market as it looks to expand its local health tourism industry. Natasha Ghoneim reports from Havana.
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Providing medical services to foreign countries is a major source of income for Cuba. Now the country is eyeing the US market as it looks to expand its local health tourism industry. Natasha Ghoneim reports from Havana.
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- published: 29 Feb 2016
- views: 1369
15:25
THE CUBAN DOSE | Insights into Cuba’s legendary healthcare system
Amid the controversy over the exchange program on whether it will work or not, it is in no doubt that our ailing healthcare system is on its knees. On our speci...
Amid the controversy over the exchange program on whether it will work or not, it is in no doubt that our ailing healthcare system is on its knees. On our special feature, The Cuban Dose, We tell you how Cuba does it. Mercy Kandie with that story
Citizen TV is Kenya's leading television station commanding an audience reach of over 60% and in its over 12 years of existence as a pioneer brand for the Royal Media Services (RMS), it has set footprints across the country leaving no region uncovered.
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Amid the controversy over the exchange program on whether it will work or not, it is in no doubt that our ailing healthcare system is on its knees. On our special feature, The Cuban Dose, We tell you how Cuba does it. Mercy Kandie with that story
Citizen TV is Kenya's leading television station commanding an audience reach of over 60% and in its over 12 years of existence as a pioneer brand for the Royal Media Services (RMS), it has set footprints across the country leaving no region uncovered.
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- published: 27 May 2018
- views: 23236