Madrid/Mexican representative Fernando Rodríguez González has asked President Claudia Sheinbaum to intercede to protect a group of 15 doctors from the state of Coahuila – which he represents – who are displaced in Cuba to pursue specialized studies. The doctors are suffering from the economic crisis on the Island, which has not only affected the courses they came to take, but also their own daily lives.
The doctors come from cities such as Monclova, Saltillo and Torreón, and continue studies in cardiology, pulmonology and traumatology, but now the situation has become “unsustainable,” denounces the deputy, representative of the state party México Avante (center-left).
“They are Mexican professionals who attended a federal program, the Government offered them to go to specialize in Cuba and today they are being forgotten there,” he said this Tuesday. Rodríguez González indicated that the doctors had already sent a letter to the president of Mexico, but that until now they had not received a concrete response. “The most difficult thing is that they point out that if they return from the Island they could lose the years they have dedicated to their preparation and graduate studies,” he stated.
Rodríguez González indicated that the doctors had already sent a letter to the president of Mexico, but that until now they had not received a specific response.
Rodríguez González stressed that, given the good relationship that exists between the two countries, it would be normal to have a quick response and argued that, given that Mexico is open to hiring Cuban doctors, it should maintain the “moral commitment to protect its own citizens abroad.”
The legislator urged that a decision be made as soon as possible and that if the doctors cannot complete their training on the Island, they be facilitated through diplomatic channels with a safe return to the country and without prejudice to accrediting their knowledge.
Although more has not been specified about the studies that the doctors are pursuing, they could be receiving their specialization at the Latin American School of Medicine, located in Havana and designed for the training of foreigners.
This institution It is being energetically protected with institutional and European aid, from MediCuba Europe, a Swiss-based network of around twenty organizations close to Castroism that have raised money for different projects. Just two weeks ago they announced that a new project is already operating that covers half of the school’s energy demand.
In any case, the Cuban health network is under severe stress that complicates the daily life of patients and, therefore, of professionals.
This Monday Claudia Sheinbaum announced that her Government is working to bring fuel to Cuba through “private companies that have permission.” The president stressed that work has been going on for some time – since Cuba and the United States each authorized, each in turn, the opening of the fuel market to the private sector – and she hopes “that it can be resumed commercially soon.” Furthermore, to avoid criticism in Mexico against the free delivery of oil to the Island, he specified that “it is not a humanitarian issue.”
