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14ymedio, Havana, 26 August 2021 — Cuba’s national health system has collapsed throughout the country, but the Cuban government is committed to continuing to send doctors abroad. In the last hours, 23 health workers joined the brigades working in Haiti and Ghana. The Ministry of Public Health announced this Wednesday that “11 collaborators” from the island, members … Continue reading “With its National Health System Collapsed, Cuba Continues to Export Medical Brigades”

14ymedio, Havana, 15 August 2021 — More than twenty doctors have responded to Prime Minister Manuel Marrero who pointed to “abuse and neglect” as the main causes of patient complaints in Cuba. In a video released this Saturday, health workers have also denounced the poor working conditions and “the mistreatment of the leadership” that they … Continue reading “Cuba’s ‘Healthcare Collapse is Not the Doctors’ Fault’, Professionals Respond to Marrero”

14ymedio, Havana, 9 July 2021 —  With the habitual pomp and publicity from the Cuban Government, the contingent of medical workers from the Henry Reeve Brigade that had been sent to Azerbaijan last year to help fight the Covid pandemic landed at the José Martí airport in Havana on Thursday. The official press mentioned that the … Continue reading “Henry Reeve Medical Contingent Sent to Azerbaijan a Year Ago Returns to Cuba”

14ymedio, Madrid, 9 June 2021 — Every medical brigade that returns to Cuba is an opportunity for promotion with a view to the Nobel Peace Prize. This Tuesday the returning brigade was the last contingent that remained in Kuwait, where the Cuban government sent more than 300 healthcare workers in the last year to reinforce … Continue reading “Cuba’s Medical Brigade in Kuwait Performs With its Eyes on the Nobel Peace Prize”

14ymedio, Havana, 28 December 2020 — The Panamanian Society of Cardiology has addressed an open letter to the authorities of that country in which it describes the regulations that have been violated in the hiring of Cuban doctors to support the fight against Covid-19. The association believes that is appropriate for them to weigh in because, although the … Continue reading “Panama’s Doctors Protest: Cuban Doctors Are Paid More and Don’t Meet the Qualifications”

14ymedio, Havana, 3 October 2020 — Of the 11 million dollars that Kenya spends each year to hire 100 Cuban doctors, a little more than 10% goes into the pockets of the healthcare workers, according to a report published this Thursday by the local newspaper Nation. The newspaper, which has had access to hundreds of emails … Continue reading “Kenya Spends 11 Million Dollars a Year for 100 Cuban Doctors”

14ymedio, Madrid, 12 September 2020 — Just over two months after their arrival, when they were received with honors on the tarmac on June 26, the mission of Cuban doctors in the French department of Martinique arouses more than a few suspicions. An investigation by the French weekly Le Point, published this week, details the ins and outs … Continue reading “French Magazine Investigates ‘The Mystery of the Cuban Doctors’ in Martinique”

14ymedio, Havana, 7 September 2020 — The almost 700 Cuban doctors who arrived in Mexico in April to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic — with 585 of them in the capital and the rest in Veracruz — were working without immigration permits, the Latinus portal published this Sunday. According to official reports obtained by this news … Continue reading “Cuban Doctors in Mexico Worked Undocumented”

14ymedio, Havana, 19 July 2020 — The death of the popular reggaeton player Daniel Muñoz Borrego, El Dany, was due to “medical negligence,” according to his friend Roberto Hidalgo Puentes, Yomil, who demanded that “the guilty parties pay,” during a live broadcast this Sunday through Instagram. As detailed by his partner in the musical duo created in … Continue reading “Yomil Denounces "Medical Negligence" in El Dany’s Death and Calls for Justice”