Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/04

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Subject: [Leica] Cuba?
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Sun Jan 4 09:00:53 2009
References: <20090104020812.ZRBE18445.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> <4DD8FFE3-B9B1-40F9-80CA-C0DD5F09ECBC@frozenlight.eu>

At 01:01 AM 1/4/2009, you wrote:
>I am sure that health care in Cuba is far better than in many of the
>places Tina has visited, like Honduras or Russia.
>
>Nathan

The vast majority of the doctors working in the rural areas of 
Honduras and Guatemala are from Cuba.   One of the weirdest 
experiences I had was at a clinic set up by the Cubans in the 
Mosquito Coast.  This is a place that takes three days in a canoe to 
get to.  The doctor had a solar powered television to show propaganda 
videos from Cuba but he also showed any videos that people brought or 
donated.  The night I was there, the whole community sat on the 
ground and watched the first Harry Potter movie - translated into 
Spanish.  But these people were Miskito Indians and didn't speak 
Spanish.  They had no idea what was going on but watched the entire 
movie very intently.  The Cuban doctor seemed to be a very caring 
person but he was very frustrated because he had absolutely no 
medicines with which to treat the people.

Tina

Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com 


In reply to: Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] Cuba?)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] Cuba?)