Cuba-Trained Doctors Head to Standing Rock

[Donkees]

Published 2 December 2016

Excerpt:

A delegation of doctors trained at the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba announced they will head to Standing Rock to “serve in solidarity.”

In a late Thursday Facebook post, a group of U.S.-based medical professionals trained at Cuba’s famous Latin American School of Medicine, or ELAM, announced they will head to Standing Rock “to humbly serve in solidarity with the Sacred Water Protectors on the front lines of the current human rights and ecological crisis occurring right now in North Dakota

Dr. Revery P. Barnes, a graduate of ELAM, said in a post on Facebook, “We answer the call to serve in alignment with the mission and core principles of our alma mater and dedication to our commitment to serve underserved communities in our HOME country.” The delegation will work in collaboration with the Standing Rock Medic and Healer Council.

“While Cuba instilled in us an unwavering commitment to internationalism, with the acceptance of a full scholarship to medical school at ELAM, we made the moral commitment to respond to the needs of our most vulnerable communities here at home in the U.S.,” the statement continued.

On Wednesday, the Standing Rock Medic and Healer Council – which has been providing emergency and chronic health care services to the thousands of water protectors gathered at Standing Rock – issued a warning about the grave health and safety threats posed by escalating use of violence by Morton County Sheriff’s Department and Dakota Access Pipeline security personnel, whom they described as creating “war-like conditions.”

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Cuban-Trained-Doctors-Head-to-Standing-Rock-20161202-0003.html

[Mika]

1. Raul must be forcing them to be decent human beings.

VIVA CUBA!

[procon]

2. You have no idea what you're talking about. nt

[Mika]

3. Of course I don't. I only lived there, have family there, and go there frequently.

... but, then again, my 45+ years of personal and professional experiences in Cuba can't compare with the contingent of "experts" here.

[procon]

4. Which relates to doctors going to help at Standing Rocking, how?

If you can't separate your politics from humanitarian efforts to help people in need, you're probably right, the "experts" here have nothing in common with you.

[Mika]

5. I guess a sarcasm tag in my 1st response would've helped you.

Have a great one.




edit: FYI, I am a doctor. I frequently go to Cuba for seminars on surgery & other humanitarian work.

[procon]

6. Right. Humanitarian... got it. nt.

[Mika]

7. So, do tell your experience regarding Cuba.

You seem to have the expertise to tell me that I have no idea what I'm talking about... so ... please, do tell. Inform me.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Time to apologize to Mika.

What gives?

[Judi Lynn]

9. Those of us who have known Mika for well over a decade have known him as most clearly a humanitarian

working with people in other countries for years, not to make the big bucks but to go where he is needed the most. He's a principle-driven person, unlike self-obsessed clowns who infest message boards, trying to spread the right-wing moral cavity around.

Humanitarian? The progressives here who have known him all these years DO "got it."

Why not stick to things you actually know?

[Judi Lynn]

10. The Cuban doctors are known world-wide for their humanitarian work, and well respected. Thank you.