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We had read and heard so much about Cuba's health system – one of the
greatest successes of 'the Revolution' – and all of it good. More
doctors per capita than even most western nations, health clinics in
every neighbourhood, town, small village, health care free for all, and
a world-renowned pharmaceutical industry.
On our first trip to Cuba, one of our friends was around seven months'
pregnant. She'd been told her baby was breech, and would have to be
delivered by Caesarean section. For her and her family, which included
some medical practitioners, this was not just bad, but frightening news.
"The hospitals in Cuba do not have proper equipment," they told me. "You
cannot count on things being clean. The material they use to stitch
people up is often old, and falls apart. They often do not have the
right drugs. They re-use disposable needles." Their list of concerns was
long.
