Cuban doctors heroic work in Haiti

Cuba is still under U.S. applied sanctions, but this hasn’t prevented its doctors from saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

Polly Mann, Women Against Military Madness (WAMM)

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Cuba is still under U.S. applied sanctions, but this hasn’t prevented its doctors from saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. A particularly spectacular operation has been in Haiti, a victim of hurricane Katrina as well as a victim of corrupt governments and a 20-year U.S. occupation by the U.S. military ostensibly to “prevent anarchy” but in reality to protect U.S. business. Cholera followed Katrina to Haiti in October of 2010. A year later cholera killed 6,600 people and sickened more than 476,000 – nearly 5% of the nation’s 10 million people.

World famous Dr. Paul Farmer, the UN deputy special envoy to Haiti sounded an early alarm about the situation: “Half the non-governmental organizations are already gone and the Cubans are still there.” Cuban doctors have worked in Haiti since 1998 when 100 arrived after a hurricane. Since then Cuba has worked with Haiti and Venezuela and lately Brazil, Norway and other countries to build and provide staff and equipment for several dozen small community hospitals, clinics and other treatment centers.

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