Cuba: Tell me again 'bout the best damned health care in the world

Maternity ward in Cuba closed for lack of nurses

HAVANA, Cuba, June 2 (María López, Lux Info Press / www.cubanet.org) - Officials at the Eusebio Díaz maternity hospital in the Havana municipality of Marianao closed a ward for lack of nurses.

Recent nursing graduates can look forward to frequent shifts of 18- to 24-hour days, without the necessary facilities, for a salary of 148 pesos a month during the first two years, 171 for the next two, and a maximum salary of 190 pesos, or less than 8 dollars.

Nurse Ana Corea said: "In the Aballí pediatric hospital, there are several wards closed for lack of nurses. We leave because we have to do other things if we want to eat."

You think it easy?

Nah, it ain' easy.