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surgery to repair it is not.


Why?


There's no money for it. Cuba is not a rich country.

Long ago Castro made the decision that Cube would train as many GPs are possible because that could be done cheaply and would be a big benefit. Castro was correct in doing so, even in unexpected ways (GP doctors is one of Cuba's biggest exports and pays for a lot of their oil).

But CAT scans and MRIs cost real money that Cuba doesn't have, along with ICU gear, cancer drugs, etc. They don't train specialists since they can't afford to use them. A GP is comparatively cheap to train - affordable by Cuban standards - and doesn't need a lot of expensive equipment. Cuban GPs could do even better with US-style diagnostic tests and drugs, but they can still do a lot of good with what they have, enough to justify the expense of training them.
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