[Peace] Fwd: Cuba Offers 1, 100 Cuban Physicians to the United States

[Susan Parenti]

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> From: Catherine Murphy <catherine.murphy at mac.com>
> Date: September 3, 2005 2:16:18 PM CDT
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Subject: Cuba Offers 1,100 Cuban Physicians to the United States
>
>
> Cuban President Fidel Castro Offers 1100 Doctors to Aid Victims of
> Devastating Hurricane Katrina
>
> Radio Habana Cuba
> September 2, 2005
>
> Havana, September 2 (RHC)-Cuban President Fidel Castro has  
> announced that
> 100 doctors are ready to leave early Saturday morning to Houston,  
> Texas or
> any other international airport near the disaster area to assist  
> the victims
> of devastating Hurricane Katrina.
>
> A second group of 500 Cuban doctors are also ready to depart to the  
> US on
> Saturday afternoon and a third of 500 specialists Sunday morning  
> with 24
> kilograms each of medication and the necessary resources to assist  
> emergency
> situations.
>
> The 1100 medical specialists have international experienceto assist  
> the
> patients that have been seriously affected by the powerful  
> hurricane, said
> the Cuban Head of State.
>
> The announcement was made in the nightly televised program ¨The  
> Round Table¨
>
> The Cuban leader stressed that the assistance offered is being made  
> without
> any conditioning and that at this time of grief all political  
> differences
> should be set aside, advocating a truce for life that would set an  
> example
> on how nations should act under such grave circumstances.
>
> Cuba is only waiting for the authorization of US authorities to  
> proceed with
> the offer, he said.
>
> The Cuban president added that right after the impact of the  
> hurricane; the
> Island's Government sent a message of condolences to US authorities on
> August 30th through diplomatic channels and offered the relief aid.
>
> Hurricane Katrina hit Florida on August 25th, went to the Gulf of  
> Mexico
> gathered strength and later entered Louisiana, Mississippi and  
> Alabama with
> Category 4.
>
> There is still no official figure of people dead or material damage.
>
>

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