FILE PHOTO: A horse cart passes a flag displayed for the arrival of the Cuban medical brigade of the Henry Reeve Contingent from Andorra amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Havana, Cuba, July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
HAVANA (Reuters) - Several doctors in Cuba have taken to social media to decry shortages of medicine, oxygen and other materials needed to battle a dire COVID-19 outbreak, in a rare public denunciation of conditions in the island's hallowed healthcare system.
The outcry comes in reaction to comments by government officials that the doctors say scapegoat medics for the country's worsening plight while downplaying precarious conditions pre-dating https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cubans-turn-herbal-remedies-barter-amid-medicine-scarcity-2021-04-20 the current crisis. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/coronavirus-surge-pushes-cubas-healthcare-system-brink-2021-08-11
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