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Originally Posted by imcarthur
Actually that one is true. Doctors per capita: Australia 3.9 US 2.4 Canada 2.1 Cuba 6.7 (2010 figures from The World Bank)
But . . . and it's a big but . . . they lack modern facilities & supplies. I visited a small clinic in Levisa when I did a 'suitcase filled with drugs' drop off 10 years ago. It was a busy place but housed in a decrepit building that we would have bulldozed 40 years ago. Cuba has sent more doctors to the Ebola outbreak this year than any other country in the world. What did the US send? Soldiers & money.
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Ian
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Yes they have plenty of "doctors"... But again according to my ex father in law a lot of these "doctors" used to be prostitutes but were reeducated by the Cuban Government after the revolution.
That always sounded hollow to me but who knows? There may be some truth to it but I can't imagine they'd be highly skilled.
My ex father in law was generally a good guy but when it came to Communism as far as he was concerned it was the best system of Government and nothing could convince him otherwise.
Even the collapse of the Soviet Union had no effect on his belief system.
Over the years we often talked about Communism.
After all of our discussions the only conclusion I could come to is that anyone who thinks Communism is a good idea is often belligerent, obnoxious and lazy.
Sad but true IMO. A certain type is drawn to this ideology.