February 14. 2007 6:01AM
In response to a couple of statements that Professor Berta Esperanza
Hernandez-Truyo made in a recent Sun article (Feb. 9) regarding the
subject of Cubans in exile:
She stated that Castro's regime "managed to have some pretty impressive
successes with universalizing education and health care." Who is she
kidding? When the average Cuban is able to get to a hospital, he must
bring pillows, linens, and even water to bathe. Family members must stay
with the patient at all times to protect his things lest they are
stolen. A member of my family died of pneumonia in a Cuban hospital
because the few antibiotics available for this person "disappeared."
Cleanliness is out of the question. Basic medications, like aspirin and
all the myriad of medications that we have available over the counter,
are nowhere to be found, unless, of course, they are lucky enough to
have a relative who ships it over from "La Yuma" (the USA). If the
health care is so top of the line, then why is my mother sending
prescription glasses, dentures, toothpaste, bandages, etc., to her
family members in Cuba?
What good is a Cuban education when doctors are forced to drive taxicabs
to make ends meet? What good is a law degree in Cuba when there are no
civil rights to defend? What good is an engineering degree in a country
whose infrastructure is in shambles? A Cuban student is nothing more
than a slave to the government.
I suggest Hernandez-Truyo step out of her Levin law school cubicle and
find herself a real Cuban who can teach her the truth about the despair
and demise of such a glorious nation and culture that Cuba once was.
Lourdes Maria Chu,
Archer
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070214/EDITORIALS02/70214021
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