What's next for Cuba?
What's next for Cuba? - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Interesting comments from Frank Calzon on the future for Cuba after Castro which draw attention to the ethical dilemmas faced by medical tourism companies who often gain access to local medical services that are not available to local citizens.
Q: What is life like for the average Cuban right now?
A: It’s a nightmare. Again, the Czechs, the Slovaks, the Hungarians, all those folks would understand it very well. Rationing after 40-some years. Despite the propaganda, when a child turns 7 he is no longer entitled to milk in the rationing system. That means there is no milk after age 7. The Cuban government has in place a system of apartheid where Cubans cannot enter hotels, beaches, restaurants that are set aside for foreigners. That includes medical care. Cuba has a program called Servimed for 'health tourism.' They have all the medicine and any antibiotics they might need for foreigners but there are great shortages in Cuban hospitals and local pharmacies."
Interesting comments from Frank Calzon on the future for Cuba after Castro which draw attention to the ethical dilemmas faced by medical tourism companies who often gain access to local medical services that are not available to local citizens.
Q: What is life like for the average Cuban right now?
A: It’s a nightmare. Again, the Czechs, the Slovaks, the Hungarians, all those folks would understand it very well. Rationing after 40-some years. Despite the propaganda, when a child turns 7 he is no longer entitled to milk in the rationing system. That means there is no milk after age 7. The Cuban government has in place a system of apartheid where Cubans cannot enter hotels, beaches, restaurants that are set aside for foreigners. That includes medical care. Cuba has a program called Servimed for 'health tourism.' They have all the medicine and any antibiotics they might need for foreigners but there are great shortages in Cuban hospitals and local pharmacies."
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