Only available to the elite.
well it is because we actually have health care
you know things like motorized ambulances unlike what an average Cuban gets
pictured here
More propaganda. Go back and read some actual history.
https://upload.w
yup
This is from 2004.
There are 35 coordinating centers, serving 169 municipalities, and ambulances are activated and deployed by the designated community healthcare provider when a medical condition requires transport and further stabilization. The SIUM operates
600 basic ambulances, as well as 38 intermediate and 38 intensive care units, most of which are located in the capital city of Havana. That's 12 years ago.
Prehospital Cardiac Care Cuban Style | EMSWorld.com
Keep up the propaganda.
why did you not respond to the rest of the posts
like this one post 633
dated April 2016
Cuba's Thriving Black Market in Medicine
Valeria Cruz has been selling black market medicines on the streets of Havana for three years. Friendships carefully maintained with several doctors means that she has no problems obtaining enough prescriptions to support her business.
She sells these medications at vastly inflated prices, but shortages in state-run pharmacies mean that many people have no choice but to turn to black market entrepreneurs like her.
“It’s true that the price of medicines is a little high but I have to pay two pesos for the prescriptions then buy the medicine at the pharmacy,” Cruz said. “I have to make money. If not, what will I live from? It works. The profits are obvious.”
Massive corruption throughout the Cuban health system means that this double-tier system is common across the country.
IWPR: Cuba's Thriving Black Market in Medicine | ecoi.net - European Country of Origin Information Network
or post 639
much more recent then 2004
try
2013
Havana Ambulance Service Crisis
HAVANA TIMES —
With only ten or so of its 118 ambulances currently in circulation, Havana’s ambulance service is in extremely critical condition.
A recent meeting between Cuba’s Public Health Vice-Minister Marcia Cobas and several top officials of the Comprehensive Medical Emergency System (SIUM) analyzed complaints from the population, arising from delays in the arrival of ambulances around the city, and addressed the alarming drop in functional vehicles.
“Only 15 percent of the vehicles that make up the city’s ambulance fleet for the seven zones that SIUM services in Havana (North, South, East, West, Center, Boyeros and Cotorro) are operational. Many of the ambulances are in the auto-body shop or awaiting overhauls at the warehouse, because they have a lot of mileage but very little maintenance,” a Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) official told Cafe Fuerte.
Another serious problem faced by SIUM is the lack of qualified personnel.
Lack of Personnel
“In some of the zones, there are as little as five teams of ambulance workers. They don’t have personnel willing to work for such low wages and under such poor working conditions. You could have 20 operational vehicles for one zone, but, if you don’t have professionals willing to work, this me
Havana Ambulance Service Crisis
there is more a lot more on the topic