“I appreciate the Cuban medical team; their style is very friendly and their medical standard very high,” Mr Rockito said. “Everything is free and [there is] no support from my government. We give thanks to [Cuban President] Fidel Castro. Many villagers begged the Cuban doctors to stay.”…following 2004 tsunami in Indonesia…Despite its impoverished economy, battered by US economic sanctions, Cuba – population of just over 11 million – has 20,000 doctors serving in 68 countries.

Conversely, Australia even recruits doctors from refugee camps.

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