>From: "mart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [pttp] Fw: CUBA OFFERS TO SEND DOCTORS TO HELP AMERICAN POOR! > >Forward from mart. >WONDERFUL STORY! >PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY! >************************************** > >U.S. Newswire 19 Sep 10:12 > >Cuban Offer of Doctors for Underserved American >Communities Appreciated by U.S. Med Students > >To: National Desk >Contact: Tim Clarke, Jr. of >the American Medical Student Association, >703-620-6600, ext. 207, >Cell: 703-732-7021 > >RESTON, Va., Sept. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a >statement issued today by Sindhu Srinivas, MD, national president of >American Medical Student Association, the nation's largest, >independent medical student organization, following news reports of >an offer from Cuba to train American physicians: > >"The health of our nation is in a state of dire crisis. The number >of uninsured Americans is climbing dramatically. The areas of the >country that are not adequately served by a physician are swelling. >The American people cannot get a commitment from either major >presidential candidate to develop a real, comprehensive solution to >our problems, and Congress spins its collective wheels on partisan >politics and pandering to special interests. > >So, who has generously offered to help us solve this problem? The >poor, communist island nation of Cuba. Cuban lawmakers recently >outlined an offer to send doctors to poor parts of the United States, >and to provide free medical training in Cuba annually to >500 Americans from underrepresented populations. > >A generous offer, yet a pathetic statement on American priorities. >One solution to our crisis already exists but goes underfunded by >lawmakers. The National Health Service Corps provides full >scholarships to future physicians in exchange for a promise to >practice in underserved areas such as rural counties and urban >centers. But this important program may go without necessary >reauthorization during this election year. Congress must reauthorize >the Corps as one step toward addressing the larger issues of >increasing access to health care for underserved Americans. > >Day after day, the number of uninsured Americans rises and polls >demonstrate that a majority of Americans want universal health care. >Underserved communities lack access to healthcare services and >medical schools are not admitting the doctors that our country needs. >However, all we hear from our presidential candidates is rhetoric >about a second-rate prescription drug plan for seniors. We need to >demand a real solution. It is an insult to the intelligence of the >American people that the candidates do not propose real solutions to >problems that the people of America face. It is time to demand action >and sincere answers to our growing problems. Cuba recognizes that, >why can't we?" >**************************************************************************** > > > > >Knowledge is Power! >Elimination of the exploitation of man by man >http://www.egroups.com/group/pttp/ >POWER TO THE PEOPLE! > >Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Change Delivery Options: >http://www.egroups.com/mygroups > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
