Cuban-Trained U.S. Doctors on their Way to Haiti

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http://www.ifconews.org/node/723


Seven US Doctors Headed for Haiti on This Afternoon From Newark Airport
Graduates of the Latin American School of Medicine
Will Work Alongside Cuban Medical Brigade

US graduates of the Latin American School of Medicine are prepared to alleviate the pain and suffering of thousands of Haitian people.

The young physicians come from Harlem, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island in New York City; from Houston and from Minnesota. Two of them are currently working in Oakland, CA.

The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), which administers the scholarship program for US students, is raising funds and collecting medical supplies to support the young doctors' mission.

“These dedicated and skilled young doctors are ready to serve. They received their MD degrees in Cuba, and they are uniquely prepared for the multiple challenges of this urgent mission” said Rev. Lucius Walker Jr., executive director of IFCO. “We will send them to Haiti with backpacks full of medicines and supplies.

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More than 100 specialists from many countries (Venezuela, Chile, Spain, Mexico, Colombia, and Canada) are also working with the Cuban health professionals.

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The Latin American School of Medicine is now training students from 49 different nations of the Americas, Africa, and other regions. Among the graduates are 33 young people from the US.
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