Cuban Eye Care Center to Open In Jamaica

[johnnycakes]

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Regional eye centre to be opened in Jamaica

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- An agreement to create a regional eye centre for Jamaica and the member nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was signed in Kingston by representatives from that country and Cuba.


Jamaica's Minister of Health and Environment,
Rudyard Spencer Health Minister Rudyard Spencer and Cuba’s ambassador to Jamaica, Gisela García, signed the document at the offices of the Jamaican Prime Minister, the seat of that nation’s government.

Spencer thanked Cuba for this gesture, saying it’s another example of the solidarity and love of the Cuban people and government toward Jamaica.

For her part, the diplomat stressed that this centre will favor the processes of treatment and recovery of thousands of patients that will be able to be operated on in Jamaica and recover their vision.

She pointed out that the idea of Cuban leader Fidel Castro of helping millions of people to recover their sight in Latin America has resulted in operations on over 6,000 Jamaicans.



Watch out, watch out it's those damned commies trying to take over Jamaica again.
It's just like Comrade Michael Manley was back in power.

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[Amberal37]

Re: Cuban Eye Care Center to Open In Jamaica

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johnnycakes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The following is from Caribbean Net News:
Cuba
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Regional eye centre to be opened in Jamaica

Published on Thursday, July 30, 2009 Email To Friend Print Version

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- An agreement to create a regional eye centre for Jamaica and the member nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was signed in Kingston by representatives from that country and Cuba.


Jamaica's Minister of Health and Environment,
Rudyard Spencer Health Minister Rudyard Spencer and Cuba’s ambassador to Jamaica, Gisela García, signed the document at the offices of the Jamaican Prime Minister, the seat of that nation’s government.

Spencer thanked Cuba for this gesture, saying it’s another example of the solidarity and love of the Cuban people and government toward Jamaica.

For her part, the diplomat stressed that this centre will favor the processes of treatment and recovery of thousands of patients that will be able to be operated on in Jamaica and recover their vision.

She pointed out that the idea of Cuban leader Fidel Castro of helping millions of people to recover their sight in Latin America has resulted in operations on over 6,000 Jamaicans.



Watch out, watch out it's those damned commies trying to take over Jamaica again.
It's just like Comrade Michael Manley was back in power.

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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Hope the Ja. government considered some pertinent issues such as:
How will this benefit Jamaica?
Will the doctors and nurses employed be Jamaicans?
Will the profit stay and be taxed in Ja.
Will Jamaicans have use of the facility at reduced costs</span>?</span>

[RichD]

Re: Cuban Eye Care Center to Open In Jamaica

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: amberal37</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johnnycakes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The following is from Caribbean Net News:
Cuba
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Regional eye centre to be opened in Jamaica

Published on Thursday, July 30, 2009 Email To Friend Print Version

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- An agreement to create a regional eye centre for Jamaica and the member nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was signed in Kingston by representatives from that country and Cuba.


Jamaica's Minister of Health and Environment,
Rudyard Spencer Health Minister Rudyard Spencer and Cuba’s ambassador to Jamaica, Gisela García, signed the document at the offices of the Jamaican Prime Minister, the seat of that nation’s government.

Spencer thanked Cuba for this gesture, saying it’s another example of the solidarity and love of the Cuban people and government toward Jamaica.

For her part, the diplomat stressed that this centre will favor the processes of treatment and recovery of thousands of patients that will be able to be operated on in Jamaica and recover their vision.

She pointed out that the idea of Cuban leader Fidel Castro of helping millions of people to recover their sight in Latin America has resulted in operations on over 6,000 Jamaicans.



Watch out, watch out it's those damned commies trying to take over Jamaica again.
It's just like Comrade Michael Manley was back in power.

Reads : 263 </div></div>

<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Hope the Ja. government considered some pertinent issues such as:
How will this benefit Jamaica?
Will the doctors and nurses employed be Jamaicans?
Will the profit stay and be taxed in Ja.
Will Jamaicans have use of the facility at reduced costs</span>?</span> </div></div>i don't think its a for profit (or even a for fee) venture.

[Amberal37]

Re: Cuban Eye Care Center to Open In Jamaica

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i don't think its a for profit (or even a for fee) venture.

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Well in that case - it is definitely a nice gesture so would like to see the pan out positively.

I tend to look 'gift-horses' in the mouth...

[johnnycakes]

Re: Cuban Eye Care Center to Open In Jamaica

Amberal.
Thousands of Jamaicans have received free eye operations in Cuba done by Cuban doctors who get a free medical education and who perform these operations for free.
It's the socialist way of providing the necessities of life for all that is so lacking in places like the United States, Jamaica and most of the other capitalist countries where money is the most important thing and people are always placed second to profits.

Of course most people mistakenly think of socialism as it relates to the old Stalinist regimes and have no idea at all of how things work in Cuban democratic socialism.

This is particularly and surprisingly so of Jamaicans who are so close geographically to Cuba.

I would assume that the regional center set up in Jamaica with the Cubans would be staffed by Cuban doctors since you won't be able to find many Jamaican eye specialists who would perform operations for free since the Jamaican system does not provide for them as the Cuban system does for the Cuban volunteer doctors.

Just one example of what's wrong with capitalism.