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How does Cuba manage to achieve first-world health statistics?The island’s medical system is envied throughout the region and is a major foreign revenue earnerHavana 10 FEB 2017 - 10:08 EST Cuba’s healthcare system is a source of pride for its communist government. The country has well-trained, capable doctors, the sector has become an important export earner and gives Cuba valuable soft power – yet the real picture is less rosy. A lot of health infrastructure is deteriorating and there is a de facto two-tier system that favors those with money.EN ESPAÑOLCuba’s child mortality rate is on par with some of the world’s richest countries. With six deaths for every 1,000 births, according to World Bank data from 2015, Cuba is level with New Zealand. In 2015, the global average was 42.5 deaths for every 1,000 births. Despite more than half a century of a US economic embargo, Cuba’s average life expectancy matches that in the US: 79.1 years, just a few months shorter than Americans who, on average, live to 79.3 years, according to 2015 data from the World Health Organization (WHO).Much of Cuba’s success in these areas is due to its primary healthcare system, which is one of the most proactive in the world. Cuba’s population of 11.27 million has 452 out-patient clinics and the government gives priority to disease prevention, universal coverage and access to treatment....Two-tier systemA lesser-known characteristic of Cuba’s healthcare system is the existence of special clinics, reserved for tourists, politicians and VIPs. The state reserves the best hospitals and doctors for the national elite and foreigners, while ordinary Cubans sometimes must turn to the black market or ask expatriate friends or family to send medicine.“Cuba’s health service is divided in two: one for Cubans and the other for foreigners, who receive better quality care, Continued: http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/02/10/inenglish/1486729823_171276.html
Juan drives a 1950s Chevrolet he bought with his brother and he uses it as a taxi from 6pm to midnight. He’s also a doctor in the clinic Hermanos Ameijeiras.
The stats are bogus.The child mortality rate is a bald-faced lie.
As a friend who was a doctor in Russia told me. They get a lot of death certificates pre filled out depending on the stats the govt wants. She says its not as bad as it was in the days when toddlers got death certificates stating that the child had died from lung cancer with smoking suspected. She said it also helped the govt cover up an extraordinarily high rate of child deaths at the hands of abusive parents.
