-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 New Yorker Begins Medical School in Havana Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (AIN) New Yorker Begins Medical School in Havana Havana, Aug 29 (ACN) Joaquin Morante, a New Yorker who has come to study medicine in Cuba, noted that US city's poor state of public health conditions and high costs of medical care. Morante, a 28-year-old latino, is part of the sixth group of American youth that has come to take study medicine on the island -- free of charge. The program is organized by Cuba and the US Pastors for Peace group, buttociated with the Inter-religious Foundation of Community Organization. In statements to ACN, Morante said that eight million people have next to no access to health care in New York, since they do not have medical insurance. He added "I am sure that Cuba will teach us how to improve the health situation in my city." Morante said he will also take the opportunity to learn the humane values of the Cuban medical system and to exchange experiences with youth from other nations. Morante will take his coursework at the Havana-based Latin American School of Medicine, which recently graduated 1,593 new doctors from 29 countries. Currently 88 US youths from lower-income families are studying medicine at the Havana school, whose registration has increased to more than 10,000 students from 100 ethnic groups of 27 nations. * ================================================================ NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us ================================================================ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE9bp6iz2i76ou9wQRAmSYAJ4pHm6cH60nXxJ1uGKHLXyJEzUl5gCeLoOe xNVlib7DPl2Y49wqYOxqT-E= =6lEd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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