2y ago

‘Giving us oxygen’: Italy turns to Cuba to help revive ailing health system

www.theguardian.com

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Italy has joined the "poor countries needing charity health work from Cuba". Who's the failed economic system now?
I'm also always impressed by how positive Cuban health workers abroad can be given the circumstances. Not only is their country being denied properiry by foreign powers, but in every country they go they are victims of demonisation campaigns by the bourgeois press, and they still manage to come out not hating the entire country they're sent to.
- This reminds me of when Ukraine needed vaccines from India (roughly a decade ago)
  WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!
  
  Dumb question, but did Ukraine do something towards India after that? I haven't heard about this.
This was a fun read! Thank you for sharing.
Archive link
- Edit: common Cuba W on this one, unsurprising how the Guardian tries to subtly push the narrative that medical staff are forced to go abroad in order for the Cuban government to make money.
  Even with a piece where every Italian interviewed is praising it, the subtle narrative is still there.
  
  tiny country blocked to oblivion is trying its best to survive, absolutely evil 😡. if they were good, they would starve to death quietly.
A tiny island nation has the same number of doctors as the northern half of turtle island
- What? That is a bizarre claim.
  The US health ministry lists there being a little over 1 million registered doctors in the US, and the Cuban ministry lists 94,000 current doctors.
  Canada is a little closer and lists 96,000 current doctors.
  
  turtle island = north america
  northern half of turtle island = canada
  number of canadian doctors (96k) approximately equal to number of cuban doctors (94k)
Cuba is the primary source of what little remains of my faith in humanity.
A people who artificially have so little, yet have so much to give. Viva Commandante y hasta la victoria siempre 🚩🚩🚩.
And Italy will return the favour by fucking over Cuba, again.
Communists sending doctors to treat people living under a Fascist.
Poetic.

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