The 1st Thread For 3/3/10: Shhh, Don't Let Them Know They Are Helping Everyone
Photo from Tom Fawthrop You wouldn't know by our media, but it's paramount to give you the whole delivery as always. Playing just as vital a role of any country, if not more, for the treatment of the travesty Haiti has endured has been the Cuban government. You won't here any major news packages on this : "It is striking that there has been virtually no mention in the media of the fact that Cuba had several hundred health personnel on the ground before any other country," said David Sanders, a professor of public health from Western Cape University in South Africa. Continuing their medical pact of helping Haiti since 1998, Cuba's doctors (and Haitian doctors trained at Cuban schools) has been nothing short of immense to the ravished nation. Before the earthquake struck, 344 Cuban health professionals were already present in Haiti, providing primary care and obstetrical services as well as operating to restore the sight of Haitians blinded by eye diseas...