Over the past 12 months, Captain’s Quarters looked at The Mythology Of Cuban Medical Care. Babalu has photos of a hospital in Havana that Castro touted as “one of the most modern and best ones in the country.”
Gentunio‘s got photos:
Photo #13 shows Toma de oxígeno y aspirador en la sala de cirugía menor. La del oxígeno estaba taponada con un pedazo de papel.: Oxygen and aspirator outlets in the minor surgery room. The oxygen outlet was plugged with a piece of paper.
The Real Cuba has more translations.
Paxety fisks a news paper article on the subject of Cuba’s healthcare system.
Nutrition’s a major factor influencing health. Frontpage Mag compares a Cubans’ daily rations as mandated by Castro’s government to the daily rations of Cubans slaves as mandated by the Spanish King in 1842:
The Food Ration in 1842 for slaves in Cuba:
meat, chicken, fish– 8 oz
Rice– 4 oz
Starches– 16 oz
Beans– 4 ozCastro Gov. Ration since 1962:
meat, chicken, fish– 2 oz.
Rice– 3 oz
Starches– 6.5 oz
Beans– 1 oz.
Additionally, CubaNet has a roster of articles on health care and public sanitation.
As Dr. Sanity says, there’s an
illness of the soul that symbolizes Cuba’s health system.
Now that illness is being exported to Venezuela.
(technorati tags Cuba, health care, Venezuela, Cubazuela, revolutions)
