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Medicine is about service, not self glory
BY SOWETAN LIVE - 18 July 2018 - 17:15
Studying medicine in Cuba has completely transformed Ramatsobane Melody Makgalemane, who jetted into the country last week from the communist country that was once led by the legendary political figure, Fidel Castro.
Makgalemane, a beneficiary of the Castro-Mandela scholarship programme, said: "I am very grateful to have studied in Cuba. I learnt a lot in that country. It has humbled me.
"In Cuba, doctors treat their patients like they are treating their friends. They create a relationship with their patients.
"It is not like here, where you get into the doctor's room and the doctor examines you and prescribe treatment and lets you go. There, your doctor gets to know you as a person and understand your background.
More:
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-07-18-medicine-is-about-service-not-self-glory/
