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| Castro: US is encouraging brain drain of doctors |
| 2007-07-19 |
| Fidel Castro blamed the United States and other rich nations on Wednesday for policies that encourage an international brain drain of doctors and scientists from Africa and Latin America. "Encouraging this type of emigration has become an official state policy in a number of (developed) countries, which use incentives and procedures especially tailored to suit this end," Castro wrote in the latest of the essays he has been writing every few days. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 And baseball players, too, don't forget about them. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2007-07-19 14:00 |
| #9 The zombie in charge of Cuba wants all the brains for himself. Brainssss. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-07-19 12:29 |
| #8 dang it, Gary, stole my thunder! I'm so confused because Michael Moore is telling me that Cuba's health care system is the TOPS! Why would these docs (even if they are quacks) be voting with their feet? Oh, whom to believe, Michael Moore or Fidel? |
| Posted by: BA 2007-07-19 12:23 |
| #7 A German OB-Gyn who works in Namibia has encountered the Cuban physicians. He referst to them as "Cuban quacks." 'Nuff said. |
| Posted by: doc 2007-07-19 11:21 |
| #6 Doctors should have the same ability as anyone else to legally enter the U.S. However, we should be generating enough homegrown doctors not to depend on foreign imports, like the U.K. is apparently doing. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2007-07-19 11:10 |
| #5 Cuban doctors get $20/month and all the chicken feet they can eat. What more could they possibly want? |
| Posted by: ed 2007-07-19 10:36 |
| #4 Well, since their health care system is so much better than ours, I guess the doctors are just trying to help us out. Surely Michael Moore wouldn't complain. |
| Posted by: Gary (no Samoyeds in hotel) 2007-07-19 10:04 |
| #3 Castro wrote in the latest of the essays he has been writing every few days. Sure beats the hell out of listening to one of his four hour speeches. |
| Posted by: Raj 2007-07-19 08:11 |
| #2 It sounds as if Fidel may grasp supply and demand on his death bed. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-07-19 01:19 |
| #1 1 word "capitalism"; another word "freedom". Does the rest of the article mean anything? |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Spomosh2247 2007-07-19 01:03 |