Guest guest Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 A Gratitude Smile http://www.elhabanero.cubaweb.cu/2009/octubre/nro2673_oct09/soc_09english062.htm\ l is like any other patient that goes to a health center. He is just hoping from the medicine sector see his quality of life get better in the hands of specialists - his illness is what makes him special –there are a few cases in Cuba – and his gratitude smile as the only reward to those who serve him free. He was born with CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH, a neurological disorder damaging the peripheral nerves and nerve cells connecting the brain and the spinal cord with the muscles and sensorial organisms. It causes weakness, muscle degeneration and the loose of sensitivity in the extremities, besides, it affects breathing and digestion. The illness is irreversible. Regular therapy is what leads the person keeps on active and better que life conditions. has been assisted in the Rehabilitation Ward in Bauta where he receives different treatments: magnetic bed, active assisted mobilization, massages, mechanic apparatus and independence exercises on the mattress. In the United States just to use the magnetic bed for half an hour you should pay 30 dollars. The use of the Gym with its apparatus in an hour from 45 to 55 dollars and the massage could be 30 or 50 dollars a day. It represents for a patient –who would have to rehabilitate for the rest of the life, if he doesn't do it he dies for paralyzation of the muscles- from 105 to 135 dollars a day… a real fortune, if we it work out. receives these services every day free in the Rehabilitation Ward from Bauta and he had considerably improved, what is an achievement of the institution. The job of the rehabilitators and knowing about this unusual common illness had been fundamental to give psychological and physical support. It is the main goal of the Cuban medicine, which struggles everyday to offer this guarantee to its people, in spite of the world economic crisis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 I heard Cuba has very good health care..and it's free!!!! Geri A Gratitude Smile http://www.elhabanero.cubaweb.cu/2009/octubre/nro2673_oct09/soc_09english062.htm\ l is like any other patient that goes to a health center. He is just hoping from the medicine sector see his quality of life get better in the hands of specialists - his illness is what makes him special -there are a few cases in Cuba - and his gratitude smile as the only reward to those who serve him free. He was born with CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH, a neurological disorder damaging the peripheral nerves and nerve cells connecting the brain and the spinal cord with the muscles and sensorial organisms. It causes weakness, muscle degeneration and the loose of sensitivity in the extremities, besides, it affects breathing and digestion. The illness is irreversible. Regular therapy is what leads the person keeps on active and better que life conditions. has been assisted in the Rehabilitation Ward in Bauta where he receives different treatments: magnetic bed, active assisted mobilization, massages, mechanic apparatus and independence exercises on the mattress. In the United States just to use the magnetic bed for half an hour you should pay 30 dollars. The use of the Gym with its apparatus in an hour from 45 to 55 dollars and the massage could be 30 or 50 dollars a day. It represents for a patient -who would have to rehabilitate for the rest of the life, if he doesn't do it he dies for paralyzation of the muscles- from 105 to 135 dollars a day. a real fortune, if we it work out. receives these services every day free in the Rehabilitation Ward from Bauta and he had considerably improved, what is an achievement of the institution. The job of the rehabilitators and knowing about this unusual common illness had been fundamental to give psychological and physical support. It is the main goal of the Cuban medicine, which struggles everyday to offer this guarantee to its people, in spite of the world economic crisis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 The healthcare in Cuba may be free, but I wouldn't call it " very good healthcare " . It is interesting though, to learn that there are a few people in Cuba who have CMT. It's also fascinating to see their perceptions of the disease, such as they think if he doesn't do his daily treatments of lying in a magnetic bed, exercising, and getting massage he will become paralyzed and die. I think I'll continue my treatment here in the US! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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