By Joseph Farah *
World Net Daily
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José Cadenas
Analyst
Bureau Chief
USA
Research Dept.
La Nueva Cuba
January 25, 2007
What is the definition of irony?
It may come any day now when Fidel Castro dies – the victim of his
highly touted system of socialized medicine in the worker's paradise of
Cuba.
Even though Castro imported a doctor from Spain to treat his
diverticulitis – an infection in the large intestine that rarely proves
fatal in capitalist countries – the Communist dictator is said to be in
grave condition following three failed surgeries.
It's not only irony, it's poetic justice.
U.S. doctors look with stunned amazement at the relatively simple
health-care problem Castro faced and the results – a hospitalization
that has continued since late July. They suggest that medical procedures
on Castro were botched.
What is the definition of irony?
It may come any day now when Fidel Castro dies – the victim of his
highly touted system of socialized medicine in the worker's paradise of
Cuba.
Even though Castro imported a doctor from Spain to treat his
diverticulitis – an infection in the large intestine that rarely proves
fatal in capitalist countries – the Communist dictator is said to be in
grave condition following three failed surgeries.
It's not only irony, it's poetic justice.
U.S. doctors look with stunned amazement at the relatively simple
health-care problem Castro faced and the results – a hospitalization
that has continued since late July. They suggest that medical procedures
on Castro were botched.
(Column continues below)
I would suggest the doctors caring for Castro did everything they could
to save him. We're just now learning the truth about Cuba's health-care
system after decades of lies.
Socialists in this country have been holding up Cuba as a model for
medical care. How many times have you heard this lie? Yet, the real
proof is that the best of Cuba's medical establishment couldn't
successfully treat Castro for a routine ailment after six months.
Is Hillary Clinton paying attention to this?
Is Nancy Pelosi watching?
Is Harry Reid understanding the significance of this amazing story?
Keep in mind, this is happening to the Comandante – not some sugar-cane
harvesting peasant. It shows you just how bad socialized medicine gets.
It atrophies to the point where it is incapable of healing, even when
doctors' lives may depend upon it.
Without getting into the gory details of his illness, suffice it to say
that diverticulitis causes bulges in the large intestines that get
infected. The normal treatment is a colostomy, the removal of part of
the intestine, the creation of an opening in the abdomen and the
attachment of an external bag for the patient's excrement. A second
operation is required to rejoin the intestine.
But Castro's medical brain trust, in consultation with the Patient in
Chief, opted for a shorter procedure – one that led to a second
infection and two more surgeries.
When Castro dies, it will likely be because toxins from his own sick
body poisoned him.
But it is the toxic ideas of Castro that have taken their toll on his
homeland of Cuba and spread through much of Latin America and the rest
of the world. Despite his many crimes against humanity, Castro is still
perceived throughout much of the Western world as a kind of harmless
folk hero.
One of Castro's best-known slogans was "Socialism or death!" Many Cubans
have asked, over the years of Castro's reign, "What's the difference?"
Now, even Fidel will see it is no choice – they are one in the same.
No doubt there will be some who don't learn the obvious lesson from
Castro's bout with socialized medicine. They will continue to insist it
is a better way – a fairer system, a more equitable one, one that
focuses on saving lives rather than profits.
Let me leave you with one last thought: When was the last time you heard
of some wealthy sick guy who chose to go to Cuba for treatment rather
than, say, the Mayo Clinic or Johns Hopkins University?
It doesn't happen. It never will happen. The only people who believe
Cuban medical care is equal to or superior to what we have in the United
States are those who teach at universities, attend them or pay to see
Michael Moore movies.
RIP, Fidel.
Rot in perdition.
* Joseph Farah is founder, editor and CEO of WND and a nationally
syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate. His latest book is "Taking
America Back." He also edits the weekly online intelligence newsletter
Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, in which he utilizes his sources developed
over 30 years in the news business.
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