Meet the U.S. Students Studying Medicine For Free in Cuba
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- BT’s Rania Khalek paid a visit to the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, also known as ELAM. Cuba’s socialist government foots the bill for students, who come from all over the world to study medicine for free. Tuition, accommodation and board are all covered. Cuba even throws in a government stipend for students to live on. The one condition? Graduates have to return to serve in low-income communities.
A testament to Cuba's commitment to internationalism, ELAM is one of the largest medical schools in the world, with tens of thousands of students enrolling in a given year from over 100 countries.
During her visit to the campus, Rania had the chance to catch up with current 2nd year medical students from the U.S., and asked them about their experiences studying in Cuba. - Zábava
God Bless Cuba and her people. Cuba was the first country to send medical doctors in my country Sierra Leone during the Ebola outbreak.
So true🇸🇱
Cuba was the 1st to send medical team to Jamaica during the plandemic period ............
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CUBAN DOCTOR GET PAID?...........DO YOU KNOW IF THEY WANT TO STAY IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY THEY MUST WAIT EIGHT YEARS TO COME BACK HOME TO SEE THEIR FAMILY......DO YOU KNOW AS SOON THEY GET TO YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY OTHER THEIR PASSPORT GET TAKEN AWAY?...DO YOU KNOW CUBAN DOCTOR ARE SLAVES?....DO YOUR RESEARCH.....
Very good job.
Im Doctor Cubans ! I’m work in pandemic Ebola for you country 2012 !!
As a 5th year medical student also currently studying in Cuba, hearing this just reminds me of why am here..motivation of the day!!
Cubans paying for your "free" tuition with blood and tears talking about American privilege kids..
@Kimo Karo please can I get a link on how to apply
I dont know for other countries but for us it is a mutual agreement between the cuban government and ours..we send our application through the ministry of health in our country..you should do a research on how to apply in your own country
Can I study medicine in Cuba even if I am over 35? I am from the US. If so, where, how and how much would it be? Cost of living there? Rent for 1 bedroom apt? Food? Internet? Thanks in advance and congrats on what you are doing over there. I think it's awesome.
Would you be open to talking about your experience with me? I am currently starting the application process.
I applaud these young American students, who're clearly motivated to study and practice medicine by humanitarian rather than materialistic concerns. Huge respect for them AND for Cuba, for making this possible for students from all over the world.
This is encouraging. I got my Premed degree in 2015 but didn't apply to Medical school, because of finances. I will apply to medical school in Cuba now. My Grandfather is from Cuba.
Good luck!
@@JanuaryGoat Thank you..
Me too 😢
Good luck. Island descendant. Family member went to grand cayman for med school
Best wishes to you as you pursue your medical career. God Bless your work!
I remember watching a lecture by Gabor Mate where he also mentions the healthcare system in the US and the West generally. He said something along the line "when was the last time your doctor asked you about your environment, your generall well being, your family?"
Seeing Cuban doctors have a different approach is very beautiful!
They do ask about that in mental healthcare, but that has its own problems.
"You're depressed because you're poor. You family issues are a result of generational poverty. Your fears and feelings (e.g. extreme distrust of police and other authorities) are completely rational given your situation and experiences, but we're gonna pathologize it anyway. That'll be $200"
I enjoyed Mate's interviews immensely. Definitely need to get hungry ghosts or something
I must say that our family doctor do ask these questions. She's a wonderful doctor, asks about my children, their schools, their interest, etc. We have that bond where we have great conversations about family and life. I'm one of the lucky ones.
When one of the girls mentioned something, I also remembered Dr Gabor Mate🤝😊
@@CapitanNaufrago so, this is your take from the interview? Smh, u r lost
This is what developing countries need. Preventative approach rather than a medical treatment. Kudos to Cuba!
Not just developing countries.....developed countries as well
I am a Ghanaian studying medicine in cuba too 🥰🥰
Go girlll✨
Nice 👍
Is it free?
How does Cuba benefit from providing a free medical education to people from other countries? This is so wonderful what they are doing!
Is it free?
After independence from European colonialism, a lot of doctors from East Africa and Southern African countries got their education in Cuba for free.
Why do you think they do that they want to have spies
@@alfredoalcantar8691 Cuba was not the only country offering free education. The former Soviet union and China also did OFFERED free education for doctors, engineers and architect's. Some of my relatives benefited from this. The only challenge was learning Russian or Chinese in order to enroll in to their universities
@@alfredoalcantar8691 Oh be quiet with your nonsense!🙄
what european colonialism? cuba is a contry made by colony, and that socialism dictatorship started just in the 60s not before.
@@thesapphirem5469 you must not be fluent in the English language. Read my comment again
You could just tell from this interview that these ladies will be great doctors. Very inspiring to hear them talk.
I don’t think so
@@alfredoalcantar8691 why??
That is Good news
No, they won’t.
No they won't be great doctors, it's all big talk.... I wouldn't want them to treat my dog.... they cannot function in the US system.... they went there because it's free and they were unable to meet the entry level for med school in the US... the interviewer should have asked about the accomodations.... the daughter of my friend was there.. she quit after one term....you flush the toilets with a bucket of water... one set of bed linens.. food was terrible...‼‼.. there's more to it......⁉️
Cuba never fails to amaze.
A unique country and people which stands apart in the kind of world we live in today.
Yet they get pay 💩
@@alfredoalcantar8691 $80~100 a month is what they pay a doctor in Cuba. Wait until they find out a taxi driver makes more money than them. Also, their medical degree doesn't work in the US.
@@straightshots4427 say you have no idea how the Cuban economy works without just saying you don’t know
@@straightshots4427 Americans can return and recertify their MD working in a hospital for two years.
@@fromthemasses_tothemasses jaja I'm Cuban IDIOTA. De pinga los gringos estos que quieren explicar cómo trabaja mi PAIS.
These girls are gonna be such badass doctors.
Miles ahead from what people of low income get to accomplish in the capitalist world.
😂 ok they don’t have The research
@@alfredoalcantar8691 Research of what?
@Dejaun Wright The necessary research That has been limited by the Cuban government. They also need resources that are completely obsolete in Cuba, thanks to the regime. Even something as simple as medicine you can't find that easily or your daily bread. They don't have enough food to feed their families more than one time a day. So, if you want to stick it to capitalism I understand where you may be coming from, but communism is the complete opposite, and it's oppressive. #PatriayVida. #SOSCUBA. #CUBALIBRE
@@vegliany9742 this leftist cannot hold the truth, they are deaf to the Facts
@Alejandro Cabrera what do you mean? In what way, for example?
I wish this was viewed in high schools throughout the US. Your International coverage is outstanding.
Why would America want to educate their people about alternatives to their capitalist model?
They will just call it CRT and ban it.
Then your wish is having the new generations brainwashed right...?!
Shame on you
@@alejandrocabrera3380 Keep crying. Viva Cuba! 🇨🇺
@@TruckStopLayby Also they might have to mention the Illegal American embargo on Cuba and theft of resources.
Simple answer, USA teaches doctor how to milk the population, while Cuba teaches doctor how to help ppl.
Totally agree !! TRUTH + WISDOM = PEACE ✌ 🙏.
Exactly
Bullseye! You said it, I agree
Agreed
While they let their own people die without giving them care. Unbelievable the fantasy people have about a system they have no I idea because they don’t have to live it.
Very easy now days to google the truth.
The solidarity and internationalism of Cuba 🇨🇺 is incredibly beautiful
Yep, paid with the blod of millions of Cubans under the castros regime
@@alejandrocabrera3380 stop projecting your insidious ways on a nation
@@fullsend8738 there is not insidious ways... I am talking based on personal experiences, I am from there, I was born, rised and live there more than half of my life, I know first hand what it is... don't try to sell me a few minutes of a random video with stupid comparisons.... it is ridiculous and idiotic...!!! The communist societies have killed more people than the holocaust. (FACTS)
Go with that BS somewhere else.
@@alejandrocabrera3380 you don't have to agree with the government, but that doesn't mean you can lie. Just because you lived there that doesn't mean you are right. The majority of Cubans are proud of Castro the lion. He refused to be a puppet for private companies and the US. He pulled down the US puppet Batista and increased literacy levels and healthcare care standards that rival any country in the world. Maybe you are an ungrateful reactionary pig that doesn't value the education and well being of the oppressed. Sure it came at a price, just like having billionaires comes at a price. However I would rather be paying for the well being of my comrades than Jeff Bezos yacht.
@@fullsend8738 you are so laughable.... if you are barking all that nonsense from the comfort of the capitalism you are such a clown... good try...!!!
Where are you actually living as a full resident, in North Korea, in Venezuela or Cuba...?!? try another one!!!
You don't have a clue of what you're talking, no one is buying that BS anymore, look at the video how successful it is 🤣
By the way how can you explain the mass emigration from Cuba to the rest of the "capitalist" world that have been happening during 70 years ...?!
Are all those millions of Cuban emigrants ungrateful...?
It is a broken system, no education, no medicine, a person ther can not even have a decent meal... and more much more... all those failures being justified for the cuban government because the empire... seriously?!
Chose your words carefully...
Castro has an extensive history of extortion and bribery worldwide pocketing millions of dollars, being the parasite of the entire world lying and scaming every single nation he could, imprisoning and murdering every one who wasn't aligned with his view points (FACTS)
If you don't like the capital letters, I do.
Looking at these women makes me happy . They're so smart and humble . They're a gift to this world .
Socialised medicine is very much based on whats good for the patient. In the US there's always the money element which encourages unnecessary treatment because there's money to be made. My sister inlaw who's a nurse in the US told me doctors will phone the insurance company before going ahead with treatment. Its against the law because they're supposed to treat people on the basis of need, but they do it anyway..
🤦🏾♀️
Not true at all.
Lol. Please enjoy your Cuban healthcare. I’ll take my chances here in the US😂😂😂😂
@@thetruthsayer8347
Is he/she wrong
@@tikdoe7563 greatly over exaggerated our healthcare problems. Our healthcare system is far from perfect but I’ll take it over any healthcare from a third world country.
Cuba 🇨🇺 = Humane doctor
USA 🇺🇸 = Boujee doctor
Proud 👏 to be Cuban in my soul.
CALLATE COMPAÑERO
But prefer to live in America and not cuba
@@gibson2675
I will take the Boujee doctor any day, because they are the best. Cubans get told what the best is.
There are many humble American physicians.
never seen any Healthcare professionals with more humanity
In China is also similar a doctor was getting paid about 20% more than her assistant (nurse) how things are now I do Not know
I visited Cuba and loved the people and rich culture there. The blockade is saddening. They are a strong, resilient and beautiful people. There is little to no crime there. If I were younger, I would definitely apply to medical school in Cuba. Im beyond the age requirement and will apply to other schools. I will visit Cuba again one day.
I had the privilege of visiting Cuba last month and was so inspired by what i saw and learned there. Watching this video brought tears to my eyes.
You didn't go to Cuba if you didn't see all the miserable people without humane resources. If you just stayed in the hotel and walked around Havana a little bit, then you saw what the communist government wanted you to see.
@Agd 😆 verda verda.
Clay you had the privilege of what??? This only mean you are an ignorant rat. God bless your mom for having such a dumb kid
@@yoantorres1099 Lol, calm down.
@@vegliany9742 . Coming from the US where we are told our government doesn't have enough resources to guarantee things like health care and higher education as rights to its people, it is very inspiring to see a poor country facing many different crises continue to provide those things to the public. I talked to and saw many people that were not doing well and were upset with their situation. I'm not wearing rose colored glasses here. Cuba is facing an assortment of crises, the vast majority of which are a product of the US policy.
America's continued embargo for more than 60 years is an embarrassment to the world. Kudos to the ladies on going against the flow.
Embargo doesn't apply to all countries, companies
The U.S. has maintained a comprehensive economic embargo on Cuba since the 1960s, preventing most American companies from doing business on the island and vice versa. The sanctions do not force other countries and non-U.S. companies to cut ties with Cuba.
@@alfredoalcantar8691 But as we see, its not enough, or probably beyond too expensive, which as the young lady said, when it don't have to be. Things like this happens when the little, or smaller kid stands up to the bigger bully, which is bvllshit in every category. But no tear is alone, this is how the USA does it own citizen in some systematic form that don't fits its narrative. And that cannot be white washed, because its happening today, which data to back it up.
@@alfredoalcantar8691 yeah go try and do business and have your company blacklisted by the US
@@alfredoalcantar8691 Not true.. The US sanctions other countries that try to have economic relations with Cuba
@@CapitanNaufrago yes, it's the chlorine chicken that they cannot distribute in other countries because it makes you sick
Cuba does create confident black female doctors and nurses.Some are now actually living and working in the United States.
Que tiene q ver con la raza?
It’s a sjw
@@jaiyaalexandra144 this was in response to what one of the young ladies had said in the video. Did you watch it to the end?
The second part of your comment contradicts the first part .
@@danielcuevas5899 its just the way it works,not all black women have children in prison.
My admiration to Cuba
You excel at helping other whilst having to contend with American arrogance
Bravo
why do you think that there are so many cuban doctors in the US and europe? think about it for a second. why arent they staying in the perfect utopia that cuba is and are leaving it for the capitalist ditches, where profits are above people and all?
@@Duck-wc9de Cuba has had to operate for 60 years with her hands tied by American bullying and hedgemony arrogance and interference
She has a great record in training doctors so there would be to many if they all stayed
Of course they would make more money in America with its woeful expensive healthcare system
@@Duck-wc9de Some of them just want to earn a lot of money, many of them want to help people outside of their home country. There's also a boatload of Cuban doctors in Africa, Asia and South America, because Cuba simply has some of the best doctors in the world and as you saw in the video, their education is focused on helping others, so it's logical they would go all over the world to help people.
@@Duck-wc9de who said it was perfect?
@@maxsweetman6341 Are you sure they don’t have to be like that they can just leave Socialism and become a free market
I once had a Cuban doctor… they really are among the best! 🙌💯
Even with all the sanctions imposed by the US, Cuba can still afford to educate their doctors
urses for free.
Crazy right
That was deep, well said.If Cuba can do it then why can't the US do it
@@fuffygoodaz it's not that they can't. They just wont. Also we're in debt with china. Have been for a while.
There are many countries that invest in their people through free education. One should not have to take on crushing debt to become a doctor, lawyer, teacher, nurse. What is the government for if it's not about developing citizens?
Cubans paying for your "free" tuition with blood and tears talking about American privilege kids..
Well done Cuba! You are giving a shining example of doing what is right. You teach the money-grabbing U.S. how to behave as humans and you really put the American government to shame. In spite of being sanctioned unjustly by the U.S. for so many years, you have not only survived but progressed to such an extent that you are capable of extending aid to other nations to train their doctors free of charge. What more can the world ask from you? Cubans will surely be blessed for their generosity!
You really are clueless. I'm guessing you've never lived communism or the reality of the Cuban people. Bullshit propaganda. Think why Cuban doctors defect 24/7 looking for freedom . They can't survive with their earnings . Fidelis children drive BMW squander the pain of the poor of that island educate yourself. I know Because I escaped to freedom. Let them tour local.hospitals no machines no medicines it's disgusting. This is how they sell communism to.ignorant American students
This video should be shown in every high school and college to let young people know that there are alternatives to the corporate US university system.
No most colleges are garbage
Well if you ever want to practice in the USA it’s a bitch to come in as a foreign medical doctor. To practice in the USA it’s best to get your education in the USA.
@@Pcarnevaaa Actually they can take the relevant exam, pass and practice in the US just fine.
This video doesn't include everything you'd need to know.
It should also include you can only study for free in Cuba, if you sign a contract stating you sympathize with the Communist party AND will do 2 years of free labor after school.
@@k.e.m4731 That is not true.
Great video, I often travel to Cuba and I see the effect the USA embargo has on the everyday lives of Cubans. It's tragic as the Cuban people are very welcoming and friendly.
All they have to do is ask for help from China , Russia , north Korea, Iran and the list goes on ,,, where are they???
You're an idiot! You travel to Cuba to do other things I bet. People in Cuba live so well, they would rather take a chance on jump on a raft to get the hell out of there. Sounds like a place you should go live, idiot!
@@jonathanbelanger6574hey're the biggest markets for cuban exports. The US regimes alienate this country for choosing to live by communist ideology and with minimum US geopolitical domination. Which is strange for a regime that claims to be about freedom, liberty and the right to choose.
It's a communist They have deals with Russia and China. It's not embargo it's an island stuck in 1959
I wish I had known about this, we wouldn't be having a shortage of doctors if we were more like Cuba.
We wouldn't have a shortage of anything (that we can't do without) if the entire planet was more like Cuba...
@@robertstan298 unfortunatly, I, and most people, enjoy the things that "we can do without", like democracy, variety of food, quality of life, a good salary. etc... you can ask all cuban imigrants in the US and in europe.
@@robertstan298 You clearly barely know anything about Cuba, just because the medical system is great perhaps ask yourself at what cost?
@@pheonic3665 Yes...because the last 2 years have definitely shown how superior the US medical system is. Your jingoism is absolutely exhausting to live with. We have the most COVID-19 deaths, THE MOST, of the entire world and our political system allowed over a million excess deaths due to COVID-19. Our supposed "independence" is just a cover for how much our government has failed us and sold us to corporations. The democracy that you claim to be so proud of has been bought by corporate lobbyist. I'm not proud of that and you shouldn't be either.
@@Duck-wc9de Cuba is a small island that has been under world-wide US-initiated trade blockade for 70 years. Its last big trade partner was the USSR, which supplied vital materials. When it fell, Cuba was left with nothing. No petrol, no steel, no copper, no concrete, no food, no medicine, no textile, NOTHING could get in or out of Cuba. Can you imagine what would happen if it was your own country that was sanctioned like that? You would also lose all of the things you can do without, and some more.
Unsurprisingly (and completely by design), quality of life in Cuba plummeted in the 90's, and many people left (also by design). There were times when all one could get was rice and sugar. Yet even in the bleakest of times, when there weren't even fresh bandages, healthcare stayed free for everyone, and to this day it remains one of the best in the world, despite the sanction-induced shortages.
P. S. Cuba is a democracy. You may not be able to recognize it because it has more than 2 parties, but it's a democracy all the same.
Soft power showing how superior socialism is
I graduated from medical school abroad and returned to the US. I am glad I did
Which country did you go to if I may ask I am a student considering going abroad
@@xxcruiserlove26xx
Guadalajara Mexico UAG
@@arlinenivens997 Silly question, but are you saying you're glad that you returned to the US, or glad that you went abroad for your education?
Thanks in advance.
@@kc4276 Both, I learned a lot especially seeing patients from day one in the clinic as opposed to US training. But I’m glad to be back home as well.
@@arlinenivens997 Can I attend med school there in Guadalajara if I'm over 50? What is the cost for the whole program? Is it taught in Spanish? If so how did you learn spanish and how long did it take you? Thanks
3:26 Her response was amazing. Thank you Cuba for your amazing contribution to the world.
That's a blessing coming from Cuba government God bless them in abondance
The most dangerous voice on the English language I am from the government and I’m here to help
@@alfredoalcantar8691 haha...excellent one!
I studied medicine at ELAM,graduated in 2016 ,what a great experience !
Congrats. Where are you practicing now? Could I study medicine there if I am over 35 and from the US? Costs? How did you learn spanish and where and how long did it take you to learn?
How many years is the return of service?
what city is ELAM school?
Any trouble w ECFMG and acquiring rotations?
@@gregaiken1725 In located in the outskirts of Havana City, (Baracoa)but they have some other "sisters faculties" in others cuban provinces ,outside of Havana.
I know dozens of Cuban doctors and a lot of the books they have are translated from English to Spanish. Same books that I used when I studied at medical school. Meaning that the education is not limited by language or geopolitical influences. Cuban doctors are very good indeed as I have worked closely with them. They are as rigorous in their thought process as a physician as any well trained physician out there. Moreover at some point in time these students were also able to have part of their training in the Soviet Union. There are of course palpable limitations to the current infrastructure. But money and access to resources are still unable to limit the purity and the thought process of these physicians I am honestly proud of having collaborated with them in the academic setting and in the clinical environment.
Much love for Rania & the whole breakthrough news crew for their fantastic work about countries like Cuba !
Cuba should collaborate more now with China and Russia. What has the USA gained by imposing sanctions and trade embargoes on Cuba since the 1960s
China, yes. Russia, no (or, at least, only in a limited capacity). Even if it's not as bad the US empire, current Russia is very much capitalistic and has fascist tendencies, it's no Soviet Union.
While I'm against Imperialism with Russia, Cuba and China are currently the only communist represented nations that should collab along with Vietnam and Laos, Russia is not Communist or Socialist by any means anymore. So no Cuba should not work with Russia on that end, as they gave up the Soviet Union. Russia should've been patient with reforms rather than give up the USSR, then you can say this.
Political ignorance!! Truth + Wisdom = Peace ✌ 🙏.
I think France too, although the government is very neoliberal the people have good left wing history.
Russia sends cuba aids once in a while. They recently sent them masks and food. I only think that Cuba should be a bit careful with the Russians given their controversy with Americans. Democrats are gonna exaggerate Russian partnership with Cuba and next thing we know, we got Bay of Pigs 2
They came to my country during COVID-19 crisis. People love them because they do their best to learn the culture and language to ingratiate themselves. They make the whole process comfortable to our locals who normally have a phobia of hospitals and medical workers.
Not ingratiate, it's integrate
Cuba rocks !! Inspite of the crazy US blockage to keep them from growing economically Cubans are thriving. Bravo Cuba !! bravo Rania !!
can't thrive in communism it's not possible
These students have an incredible future ahead for them. Kudos to them.👍
Thank you so much for sharing this history with us, I think is so cute how you open your heart with us and tell us your experiences in Cuba.
I've been to Cuba and Venezuela, and it angers me what American sanctions have done to both countries. Venezuela is a beautiful country.
Embargo doesn't apply to all countries, companies
The U.S. has maintained a comprehensive economic embargo on Cuba since the 1960s, preventing most American companies from doing business on the island and vice versa. The sanctions do not force other countries and non-U.S. companies to cut ties with Cuba.
@@alfredoalcantar8691 You need to do a bit more research. If other countries do business with Cuba, they can face sanctions from America, or fines that amount to more than the value of whatever transaction they're doing.
@@TruckStopLayby are sanctions the reason people in Venezuela are starving to death?
@@angieluvzyou1 yes!
@@TruckStopLayby so how come the sanctions in Cuba aren’t making people starve to death but the sanctions in Venezuela are?
omgggg i remember hearing about ELAM back in 2008-2009 and following some people’s stories. i was premed at the time. i graduated years ago and went into software engineering instead but this just unlocked very fond memories. i’m glad people are still going through the program. i dreamt of attending elam
I'm amazed at what little resources Cuba have and the big accomplishments they have achieved. Moreover, how other countries have the upmost respect for Cuba. Much ❤
Whoa. That last comment made me tear up. Good on these young ladies.
Great reporting. Thank you for the work, Rania!
Excellent and very informative video, as always!
And you could feel the pain in the student's voice at the end when she was talking about the embargo, you know that all she wanted to say was what everyone else who knows about it is thinking: "just end this fucking thing already, you bastards!".
The embargo had nothing to do with Cuba’s oppression on its people.
I’m cuban and I would love to educate you on the oppression and impoverishment.
@@Daniela-mn6cw their oppression? You just sound like a standard American to me. One second while we vote for one of two parties that represent the oligarchs that never serve the interests of the people again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, on and on and on and on…
@Daniela you look like that people in Cuba that the USA are paying to opposed the Cuban government and spread fake and bad news about Cuba.why you are not saying about the free education,sport,health care etc.. and what the Cuban government do to help Cuban and others people around the world every day.you are not talking about the social benefits programs the Cuban government have for example the construction of houses for Cuban etc.
What an amazing, inspiring vid, thank you yet again Rania! ❤🔥
What a wonderful opportunity and also to develop a different perspective from the capitalist system we live under here in the US.
So you want to live in La La Land they try that so many times and it fails
Gracias Cuba por todos. Gracias nuevamente. Thank you Rania great stuff again. Credit also to all the students who participated in this documentary. well done to all.
Great job Rania! The U.S. needs more truthful information about Cuba. And they have been under a blockade for 60 years! The Cuban people are incredible! The U.S. seems to be falling apart both at home and abroad; too many lies and too much greed will bring it down. Free Julian Assange and Leonard Peltier!
No they haven’t a lot of countries trade with Cuba still
@@alfredoalcantar8691 Kid, get out of the comments section. You have a wild number of comments here, but you really should be studying.
@@Attica_Rises Alejandro Alcantara can be one of those Cuban getting paid by the USA to spread American propaganda against Cuba.
Well the embargo still in place because the Cuban government haven't paid yet the properties they stole from US companies and Cuban citizens in 1959... billions of dollars in properties...Cubans paying for your "free" tuition with blood and tears talking about American privilege kids..
@@erellozano1518 Yes, let's ask former plantation workers to pay back the plantation owners who previously owned an entire country's economy from across the sea dating back to a colonialist war. They are too convenient a scapegoat for our own unwillingness to fund our students, and in doing so we can forget our problems with our own ruling exploiters who profit off of this arrangement, and sabre rattle instead against a tiny island nation powerless to change that exploitative arrangement. Holding our oligarchs accountable for the Second Gilded Age they've created is just too hard and mean for our loyal peasants, our homeless cities, and our happy slaves who don't need to be distracted from pulling themselves up by their bootless bootstraps.
Such inspiring young women, I hope you follow up with them in a few years. Thank you!
I wish I knew about this in high school or college I definitely would have follow through with medical school. I gave up on medical school after finishing my respiratory therapy program.
What an amazing program. If my future child wants to go into medicine, I will definitely send them to Cuba.
Not too late
Please don’t. I study at this school and this is just the surface of it. We struggle A LOT with food availability, living conditions, transportation etc. Your child’s mental and physical health will suffer greatly
I have a niece studying in Cuba from Belize to be a pathologist, 2023 is her last year, she learned Spanish in 6 months, she speaks it fluently now...
Wish her the best. Awesome accomplishment.
This is excellent, I love your work Rania, thank you.
There needs to be a comprehensive movement here in the states to get the blockade lifted. Its an act of evil that we as Americans need to wholly reject. Lift the blockade!
Embargo doesn't apply to all countries, companies
The U.S. has maintained a comprehensive economic embargo on Cuba since the 1960s, preventing most American companies from doing business on the island and vice versa. The sanctions do not force other countries and non-U.S. companies.
To add to what Alfredo said. Cuba has import more food and medicine from US than from any other country. Also go and learn the reason of that embargo and the conditions for it to be lifted. Please educate yourself before making opinions that can be taken as true by other people
I love my ancestral island. The humanity of our culture should be a model for the world. The US is jealous of Cuba and has been sadistically trying for over 60 years, to bring down the beauty that Cuba reflects. 4 of my cousins on the island are doctors
So why don't you live there?
@@jaiyaalexandra144 I don't live in the US even though I was born there. I LEFT and live in Rome. And I don't live in Cuba because the US has spent 60 years making our island unbearable to live on. I go EVERY year to visit family it is a crime against humanity the way the EMBARGO has blocked FOOD, Medicine and Fuel from our island. America has no Democracy to speak of oppressing it's black population for 400 years yet it preaches to the rest of the world what their systems should be. It's bullied other countries who are helping Cuba, placing actual fines on them if they trade with my island. America is a MALIGNANT cancer that the whole world sees as a bully that is destined to fall. I dream of living on my beautiful island when it's free from the demon that is America 💯
@@jaiyaalexandra144 you sound like a Miami Cubans, criticizing other Cubans for being positive about Cuba
@@ericktwelve11 Maybe they are like that because they suffered, much like I have, you don't know what it's like not to have toilet paper, having to stand in a queue for nappies and chicken. What about the potatoes that Cubans can't even sell freely while growing them themselves?
I went to a restaurant in La Habana, extremely fancy. Guess who I ran into there? Fidel Castro 's son, I didn't know that it was him. I love babies so I started playing with his one year old, turns out he was Fidel' s grandson.
I am not a Cuban but I spent 6-7 years there. A great deal of my identity has been formed by the island. I love Cubans. The issue isn't just the U. S though. Do you guys know what MLC is? I also gave birth in Cuba.
My point is just that the politicians and their families are not living like the average Cuban.
You have no idea what it feels like to be in a guagua, squashed like a sardine. I'm sorry, forgive me for being emotional because I know what it's like to eat only spaghetti everyday porque no hay nada para comer...
The pain of not having pads, thankfully I could afford to buy them from an international pharmacy. Sorry, but there is more to this than just the US embargo. Why are they throwing people in jail for so much as speaking about protesting?
When you are established in your career and making money as a doctor please don't forget to donate to the school or pay it forward in some way, so that others can get an opportunity in the future. Thanks!
God bless Cuba. They send free doctors to Haiti for example and also other countries. We appreciate it so much.
Rania: This is an amazing clip. Keep up the great work on creating awareness!
Fantastic program. Every student in U.S. schools should be able to see this video, but we all know that the government and media, controlled by big corporations, will never allow it.
Why should you show something that is 10 percent true and the other 90 percent all a fabricated lie?
@Alejandro Cabrera You are the only spreading lies.American people should get more information about Cuba and stop believing in bad American advertising lies just to implement the inhumane blockade against Cuba.
@@DiosMariaJesus could you please explain how you get to the brilliant conclusion that I am "spreading lies"...???
What information do you suggest about Cuba...? The one of your convenience...?
The one that the totalitarian regime of Cuba manipulate and give out to the world...?
Or, do you prefer the information about what the cuban people live every day, having lack of everything, while the regimen lives in full luxury like true capitalists billionaires...????
Tell me please wish information do you prefer...?!?
I'll wait...
@Alejandro Cabrera you are only seeing and spreading American bad Advertisements about Cuba.Everyone knows about the money American government are paying to some people to spread fake news about Cuba and others countries they don't like it.USA imposed the blockade to Cuba for over 60 years just because Cuba are not one of their puppet s and Cuba chooses to be independent from USA.
@@DiosMariaJesus are you yelling all that BS from the comfort and abundance of the capitalism...???
Where do you live...???
This is very impressive, but more so progress. Best of luck to all of these wonderful young women💜
The book "Medical Apartheid" by Harriet A. Washington explains a lot about the American "healthcare system" . What the young woman said about every life mattering in Cuba... I feel like I need to go and find a Cuban doctor.
The fact that hospitals in the US put patients on the street if they don’t have insurance is so 💔
I knew about medical schools and the state of medical science in Cuba, however, I was not aware that everything was free. I also know that the medical education is extremely expensive in America.
According to Aristotle: Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. Especially in the field of medicine, a medical doctor's primary concern is to help the patient without regard to financial motivation. One must believe in this, and life is so beautiful when you have a vision and you see yourself useful to humanity it gives one a deep spiritual fulfillment that nothing else can replace. Unfortunately, American system of education especially in the field of health and medicine totally lacks this goal.
I am glad for you ladies, you are on the right track.
They're lying; there's no such thing as free. My parents are Cuban & were never allow to attend "free schools"
You have to sign a contract before you start school as a foreigner that you identify as a Communist & will have to do TWO years of free labor, after graduating.
If you're already a Cuban, you need to have a strong Communist family record to even enroll in "free" college.
Most medications and supplies in Cuba, now cause bidding wars anyway.
After the USSR collapsed Cuba, started allowing its people to accept & carry foreign money.
Most doctors in Cuba, won't even give you their last supply of medicine unless you pay them in U.S dollars or in expensive gifts.
Truly inspiring. Makes me think maybe I should become a doctor in cuba and then go to Mexico where my parents are from.
That sounds like a great plan, I live in a small town in Mexico where there a cuban doctor has had his practice for 2 decades, he does so much good in the town and provides excellent treatment. Mexico needs doctors
No, please, stay there. Practice there. Live there. Let me know in a year once you’re sick of the shortages, lack of food, lack of medicine and repression of speech and thought. 🙂
- an actual Cuban.
@@Daniela-mn6cw The blockades aren't this Mexican person's fault.
Besides, Cuba would seem like paradise for many poor people, from Mexico or elsewhere. I get that it doesn't feel that way to you, with the enduring shortages, but good healthcare, a social safety net and above all, a free education of such high quality is more than the vast, vast majority of people get. Not even people in rich countries like America, England, Germany etc. could dream of getting a doctor's degree for free as a foreigner, with room and board paid for.
@@Daniela-mn6cw I did live there, back in the 00's, and yes the lacks are patent and we well know why and it must stop. That is why it is great to cut past the anti-Cuba propaganda, people from other countries living there do help with that once they go back to their home countries.
@@Daniela-mn6cw they literally addressed your dumbass talking points in the video lmao. You're falling into the trap the US set. what do you think the purpose for sanctions are? It's to make the populations discontent with their government.
Yes. I know of 4 doctor graduates from Cuba. The best in the world and very passionate about medicine. American Healthcare kills its patients to make space for finance and lighten loads not care the best it can. Even if you as a patient have the best health insurance in America it would get to a time when they decide if you live or die and which is financially benefitial for them as a Healthcare system. Please expose more and thanks for the coverage in Cuba.
That's lovely! That they were able to have the opportunity to pursue their dreams.
This is ironic and almost unbelievable but very eye opening and enlightening. The best American doctors will be graduating from Cuba that's for sure.
Cuban doctors have long been in the US.
Take your talent where people will appreciate it! Congratulations---love this!!!
These students are speaking like the ones from years ago they care more about their patients than the money yes some do change but some remains humble thank God for Cuba
This was AMAZING. Thank you for the great information and opening our eyes to the reality on the ground.
I visited Cuba 🇨🇺 recently. I’ve fallen in love with the country, the people and the society.
Cuba it is a beautiful place if you’re a Taurus but if you lived there is not a beautiful place
I'm a libra.
@@N238E lol 😆. I think she meant to say a "tourist"
@@alfredoalcantar8691 it’s beautiful for Geminis too 💛
You guys are really funny. I know you know that he/she is not talking about horoscope. 😂😂
I've always been told that a Cuban medical degree doesn't have any standing in the US. They basically have to translate their transcripts to validate them and still have to go back to school and perform residency in the states before they let you practice. Hopefully, since they are from the states and they were approved to go there, they won't have to deal with transcript issues and they let them practice without any barriers. Wishing you all the best in your medical career!
Also African countries, Russian, Caribbean, Europeans...
Inspiring young women. I hope their countryfolk are listening.
This is amazing to watch and I will definitely show my doughter who is planning to go medical school Insha Allaah
My Bahamian bestie went to Cuba to study medicine. I went to medical school, and learned that Cuba is actually one of the best healthcare systems. They have a vaccine for lung cancer enough said. They were right. We treat Cuba prevents. I love it 🥰
What hospital you good in Cuba?
@@uniqueone8928 Cira Garcia.
This is brilliant, thank you for this. Education, healthcare and housing are the most important things we need as humans. It's great that you're putting a spotlight on the handling of some of these in other countries. Thank you. ❤️
too bad Cuban don't have the same experience this is only for the elite. These students are the most stupidest people I've ever heard . Why do Cuban doctors flee for their lives defect 24/7
Such a wonderful opportunity and model of what the practice of medicine should like ideally.
Am glad this is being aired👏🏽
Pretty cool. Thanks for Cuba for doing something unexpected and pushing forward. Will keep it in mind…
I can certainly testify that greatest service to the people I have ever witnessed was when I had to go to the hospital in Havana , Cuba. The introduced himself as Juarez and immediately went to work. I felt he was individually concerned about the problem. As a matter of fact, I only had to present my Passport as identification, it was recorded and in less than 2 minutes, the doctor was getting an assessment from me and then on to solution.
They have more doctors per capita than any other country and every citizen has a doctor. Cuba produces the most excellent of doctors in the world in my assessment which is more more of a calculated sum than an opinion.
This is a real eye-opener. Thank you for this coverage.
From ( Guinea ) west Africa after my country independence in 1958 cuba has a strong relationship with the first government back in the days most of our best doctors got formed to Cuba and they did a great job there helping people
I heard about this program when I was in HS back in the ‘90’s, but my Mom assumed it was some sort of kidnapping scam & we never pursued it. I’m glad to see it is really legit & these ladies had the opportunity to participate. 😁
Right 👍
This is great information, I had no idea this was an option. I’d love to be afforded the opportunity to become a doctor. Cuba could be seeing me soon. Thanks for sharing this is a huge inspiration.
God bless Cuba! I love this video. The earnestness of these students are evident.
God bless Cuban people❤
India🇮🇳 has a lot to learn
From Cuba....
Your attention please😫🙏🙏💓.. Mr. Modi...
Wow, what is the process? I still have kids growing up searching for that kind of chances.
In spite of sanctions, Cuban doctors and its healthcare system deserves a Nobel prize, no war criminals like Obama.
Then that's just hypocrisy, the nobel family created the dynamite used for wars and destruction of our environment. They are also capitalists, so if anything humans should create an award on their own and not put a platform for the capitalists.
@@lillypatrick8481 and then went ahead with his European goons and destroyed Libya
Thanks Rania, your pieces of news are just pieces of gold.
Excellent reporting, Miss Khalek!
Damn, would I love to see these four doctors-in-training go before Congress and answer the very same questions that sister Rania so brilliantly asked. The only topic that was not really raised was, "How does this medical training stack up against what an MD trainee would get at a US medical school?" It's almost certain that the US schools would sneer at the quality of training in Cuba on technical grounds. Will these doctors' Cuban credentials be recognized and accepted in the US? Must they sit for the the United States Medical Licensing Exam, or USMLE like doctors trained in other countries? What is their USMLE success rate? Thank you so much, Rania!
American doctors have the lower success and efficacy for their patients. Their patients are the most unhealthy and the least educated(about their health) patients compared to their Cuban counterparts. It is a fact that Cuba provides more doctors to the developing world than all G8 countries combine. Cuba's infectious disease program is arguably the best in the world. Cuba is 95% vaccinated. So I'm not sure what American MDs would actually be able to sneer about. Lastly America battles with Mexico as most obese country. And most chronic diseases like diabetes linked to being overweight.
These students have to take US exams when they get back. So far there s a very high number who ace those exams !
The process of taking the USMLE exams and applying for the residency programs for the junior doctors are the same wether they graduated from Cuba or UK, Germany, Japan, Burundi, etc…
The process if fair and equal for everyone.. The success depend how well you do on those exams, and generally the Cuban graduates do very well!
That will depend on what you define as 'quality'. Is is the number of patients attended to or actual amount of effort spent on difficult cases
I think she answered this question when she said "They learn to prevent diseases instead of patching it up with big pharma drugs companies who have an army of lobbyists". Personally, I like the Canadian healthcare system, tax me more and I get free health care.
LOve this expose of goodness! Needed it!
Wow never thought I would ever hear these words coming from a medical doctor in Cuba of all the places 👏👏👏
Best interview she’s top notch professional journalist she touch all the questions need to ask
I appreciate the Cuban culture growing up as a kid in the seventies all of my friends was from Cuba and my neighborhood they're good people family are in it in a hospitality is always great I love Cuba never visit there yet but I will soon!!!!
So inspiring and powerful thank you so much Cuba 🇨🇺 love appreciation and so much respect hope to share some Haitian dance with your people very soon ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺
Worked with a Cuban MD in Belize, CA. She was amazing.
GOD Almighty YAWEH bless Cuba's medical team.
I wished I had known this when I was younger.
Well done Cuban style for being the number ONE LOVE for holistic medicine............
This is a brilliant story, great work and thank you