Abstract
Several territorial governments in Spain are considering inviting Cuban doctors to participate in the fi ght against the coronavirus epidemic, just as they have done in Italy and Andorra...Cuba's healthcare culture is different from Europe's, and the response to the epidemic likely would have been different if criteria were used similar to those followed in Cuba.
Highlights
Several territorial governments in Spain are considering inviting Cuban doctors to participate in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic, just as they have done in Italy and Andorra...Cuba’s healthcare culture is different from Europe’s, and the response to the epidemic likely would have been different if criteria were used similar to those followed in Cuba
Dr Raul Herrera Nogueira has been an anesthesiology resident at the Bellvitge University Hospital in Barcelona since May of 2017 after becoming a licensed physician in Cuba and completing a master’s degree in Madrid. He explains that as soon as COVID-19 cases began arriving at his hospital, work was reorganized and he was transferred to the ICUs, joining critical care doctors and anesthesiologists on duty there
“I think much more rigorous measures should have been taken, and much more urgently than what was done, not waiting for an increase in cases, because when those numbers begin to explode like a chain reaction, a lot more time is needed to stem that tide. It happened with China, and here in Spain, it happened to us when the same was going on in Italy
Summary
Dr Raúl Herrera Nogueira is a young Cuban physician who completed dual specialties in Cuba in family medicine and cardiology. He is pursuing a residency in anesthesiology at Bellvitge University Hospital in Barcelona. We publish excerpts from his report as a doctor on the front lines of the pandemic there and his reflections on differences in his home country’s approach to medicine, public health and COVID-19. The original article, titled En Cuba, en caso de epidemia, “el personal sanitario sabe inmediatamente dónde tiene que ir y qué tiene que hacer,” was published April 9, 2020, in the Spanish/ Catalán publication Público available at https://www.publico.es/sociedad/coronavirus-cuba-caso-epidemia-personal-sanitario-inmediatamente.html
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