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Dominicans continue to benefit from Cuban eye care program
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| Lordpatch User Info... | Dominicans continue to benefit from Cuban eye care program By Caribbeannetnews Updated Aug 8, 2006, 03:55 pm * Castro offers free eye care to poor U.S. citizens (FCN, 02-14-2006) http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_2435.shtml * The Compassion of Cuba's Health Care (FCN, 06-15-2004) http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_1469.shtml * Cuba challenges America and Europe (FCN, 02-21-2004) http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_1382.shtml * The Good Samaritan; A study of Cuba (FCN/Min. Farrakhan, 03-27-2006)http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_2550.shtml ROSEAU, Dominica (caribbeannetnews) - Dominicans are continuing to benefit from the Eye Care Program, an initiative of the governments of Cuba and Venezuela. On July 25, over 100 Dominicans gathered at the Youth Center here, some arriving to receive their glasses at no cost to them, courtesy of the Cuban government. Other patients had their first consultation since receiving treatment for various eyes diseases in Cuba in recent weeks. Since the initiative, dubbed Miracle Mission, started in July 2005, well over 1,300 Dominicans have received free surgical eye treatment in Cuba. Thousands of persons in 14 countries in the Caribbean region have received treatment for various eye ailments in the last year. Many patients have expressed satisfaction with their eyesight following the operations in Cuba. Some patients have seen a dramatic improvement in their eyesight. Others who were partially sighted have now had their vision restored. Patients have been flown to Cuba free of charge and all accommodation costs have been met by the Cuban government. In the last year, bilateral relations between Cuba and Dominica have strengthened. A Cuban Embassy in Dominica was opened earlier this year and the first Cuban Ambassador to Dominica, Osvaldo Cobacho, has taken up residence here. Clarkson Thomas is now Dominica’s Ambassador to Cuba and a Dominican Embassy has been established in Cuba. FCN Publishing, FinalCall.com http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_2831.shtml - Wed, 9 Aug 2006 7:06am | ||
| kyle User Info... | WOW! I wonder how many dollars extorted from the generous tax payers of Cuba went towards paying for all those "free" eye surgeries and glasses? I sure hope the money I give our government can help "many" people express "satisfaction" with their eyesight! I'm sure "some," or who knows, maybe even "many" poverty stricken Cubans will "express satisfaction" with the knowledge that "well over 1 300 Dominicans" got free eye surgery with money they (the Cubans) could have used to buy food for their impoverished children. Where were all these "Miracle Mission" funds when Cuba needed hurricane relief? Better yet, why don't they used that money to create jobs in Cuba, so that maybe not so "many" Cubans will resort to travelling across the Gulf of Mexico in open rubber life rafts with the hopes of maybe making it to Miami to claim refugee status so they can get welfare money to send home to Cuba? Blatantly boneheaded shit like this is why no one gives a flying fuck about Cuba. - Wed, 9 Aug 2006 5:55pm Edited: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 6:56pm | ||
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