The International Role of Cuban Doctors

dublin | anti-capitalism | event notice Wednesday June 08, 2005 11:42 by Eugene Mc Cartan - Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann cpoi at eircom dot net 7 Bloom Lane, Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1 8747981

Cuban doctors in majority world counries.

A chara.
The brain drain from the poorer developing countries to the rich capitalist countries is having a huge impact on the people of these countries.

While we in Ireland are the benefices of such a brain drain the impact upon those countries from which these medical personnel come from is overlooked, ignored.

Cuba’s approach to international solidarity and the assistance that it gives to many countries is in sharp contrast to the approach of our own and other developed countries.

We would like to invite the public to come along and hear first hand about the internationalist role played by Cuban doctors. The Cuban chargé d’affaires to Ireland Teresita Trujillo , will address this subject on Wednesday 15th June @ 8-15pm in the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square (West). All are welcome.

A chara.
There is growing awareness, which in turn is giving rise to serious questioning about the impact that the intellectual brain drain in the form of medical personnel like nurses and doctors from the majority world countries to the developed capitalist countries of Europe and North America is having on the world's poor.

While we in Ireland are the benefices of such a brain drain the impact upon those countries from which these medical personnel come from is overlooked, ignored or little understood.

But, not all countries apply such predatory approach to sharing resources, knowledge and experience, even if those resources are required at home. Cuba now has tens of thousands of doctors and other medical personnel working in many majority world countries.

Cuba’s approach to international solidarity and the assistance that it gives to many countries is in sharp contrast to the approach of our own and other developed countries.

We would like to invite the public to come along and hear first hand about the internationalist role played by Cuban doctors. The Cuban chargé d’affaires to Ireland Teresita Trujillo , will address this subject on Wednesday 15th June @ 8-15pm in the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square (West). All are welcome.

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