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Once a source of national pride, Cuba's healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis

Once a source of national pride, Cuba's healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis
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After two surgeries and several rounds of radiation therapy over the past four years to treat a tumor, Irisleydis Tristá has spent the past seven months unable to get a CT scan to determine whether the cancer has grown or spread.The CT scanner at Havana’s Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, the country...

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