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Cuba offers medical education to low-income students from around the world. In return, the students make a pledge to practice medicine in under-serviced communities. Because many medical supplies and equipment, like advanced diagnostic equipment, are in short supply, students often learn medicine the old-fashioned way. EMAS sends teams to lecture and assist with teaching and training.
                                                                                          

Summary - December 2011

Healthcare workers, such as physicians, are often overworked and underpaid. EMAS has, for many years, been coming alongside Christian healthcare workers for fellowship and mentoring through retreats and training. Most recently, we have been educating in the area of palliative care, with emphasis on the training of volunteers who accompany patients who are terminally ill.

 


November 2010

We continue to bring Christian healthcare workers together
for fellowship and learning experiences. This coming February
we hope to be back with a team to help develop volunteering
in palliative care.

 


November 2009

We speak at conferences, such as the Cuban Christian Healthcare Conference, sharing psychiatric and palliative care developments. We also serve in a number of communities, but required medicines are often unavailable.

 


December 2008

This country has had a very difficult hurricane season. Funds and assistance are desperately needed for this region to recover.

The EMAS Team continues to serve, sharing psychiatric and palliative care developments.

Dr. Marcelo Garcia

 

Background History

When the Russians suddenly left Cuba in 1991, the country suffered an acute shortage of medications and hospital supplies. As a result in 1992, the Medical Commission of the Cuban Council of Churches urgently requested help from EMAS. There was a rapid response from EMAS and in the next two years, four containers of medications and supplies were sent to Cuba, through the Council of Churches. In 1993, a medical team from Canada spent two weeks of medical interchange. Since then, a teaching team has been sent to Cuba annually.

During the 1994 visit to Cuba, a small group of Christian Cuban physicians met with the Team Leaders who suggested the possibility of a Conference of Christian Healthcare Workers. The first national Conference was held in 1995. This proved to be a great success so annual conferences became a feature of the work in Cuba, allowing Cuban Christian healthcare workers, from all parts of the country, to come together to share their challenges and their triumphs.

Dr. Bob Stephens, C.M., M.D.

 

 

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