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Healthcare in Cuba
By: Dominic Soave | Photos: Prensa Latina
Having written and published about medical advances in Cuba over the past five years, I have become knowledgeable about the health care system in Cuba. In Cuba, rather than waiting six months for a brief meeting, you can call your cardiologist or other specialist and he will come by your house at night to share a cup of coffee.
Cuba has without argument the best national healthcare system in Latin America, and one of the best in the world. Cuban citizens do not have to pay for medical treatment. A great majority of the population are covered by the Family Doctor Program, whereby they have an easily accessible personal physician in their immediate neighborhood.
Despite a 50-year trade embargo by the United States and the post-Soviet collapse in international support, the Cuban nation has developed a world-class health care system. The average life expectancy is 77.7 years, compared to 81.2 years in Canada, and infant and child mortality rates match Canadian standards. In Cuba, there is one doctor for every 170 people, which is more than twice the per-capita average of many developed countries.
These data were not achieved easily. In the prerevolutionary period before 1959, Cuban medical practice and research were highly influenced by the scientific approach of the U.S. and French schools. With the arrival of the Fidel Castro government, this turned out to be a plus and a minus: Cuban physicians were highly trained and well respected, but nearly half of them left for the United States when the new government set...
advances in Cuba over the past five years, I have become knowledgeable about the health care system in Cuba. In Cuba, rather than waiting six months for a brief meeting, you can call your cardiologist or other specialist and he will come by your house at night to share a cup of coffee. 
Despite a 50-year trade embargo by the United States and the post-Soviet collapse in international support, the Cuban nation has developed a world-class health care system. The average life expectancy is 77.7 years, compared to 81.2 years in Canada, and infant and child mortality rates match Canadian standards. In Cuba, there is one doctor for every 170 people, which is more than twice the per-capita average of many developed countries.
These data were not achieved easily. In the prerevolutionary period before 1959, Cuban medical practice and research were highly influenced by the scientific approach of the U.S. and French schools. With the arrival of the Fidel Castro government, this turned out to be a plus and a minus: Cuban physicians were highly trained and well respected, but nearly half of them left for the United States when the new government set...
