Public health precarious en eastern town

Public health "precarious" en eastern town

HOLGUIN, Cuba - July 21 (Liannis Meriño Aguilera, Jóvenes sin Censura /
www.cubanet.org) - Residents of the municipality of Antilla, in Holguín
province, call the public health situation in their community
"precarious," citing the scarcity of doctors and medicines.

José Ramón Herrera, a local resident and political activist said the
local hospital does not have personnel in several specialties, including
cardiology, gynecology, and otorhinolaryngology.

The town of about 10,000 inhabitants formerly had 21 facilities for the
practice of family medicine, and now has only three which operate
irregularly, said Herrera. He said the doctors who worked in the town
have since been sent abroad by the government.

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