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US Medical Graduates Highlight Cuban Humanism
About 40 U.S. youth who graduated from the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) thanked Cuba for their training and lessons of humanism that they will apply in their profession when they return home.
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About 40 U.S. youth who graduated from the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) thanked Cuba for their training and lessons of humanism that they will apply in their profession when they return home.
Many of them from poor neighborhoods will apply their knowledge to assist people in need, in a country where millions of people lack that service, and the expenses corresponding to the years of study of a physician suppose a cost valued at $200,000 USD.
Kereese Gayle, from the U.S. state of Georgia, said that in addition to receiving top-quality training, the Cubans taught him a lot about solidarity, brotherhood, and how to live in a community.
"All the effort was worth it, because thanks to Cuba I can say proudly I am my family's doctor," said Michael Howard, another young physician from Georgia.
The ELAM was founded in 1998 by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, with the goal of training specialists with high scientific, ethical and humanist standards, capable of working according to their countries' needs.
So far, almost 10,000 young people from Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, Africa, Asia and Oceania have graduated from ELAM
Many of them from poor neighborhoods will apply their knowledge to assist people in need, in a country where millions of people lack that service, and the expenses corresponding to the years of study of a physician suppose a cost valued at $200,000 USD.
Kereese Gayle, from the U.S. state of Georgia, said that in addition to receiving top-quality training, the Cubans taught him a lot about solidarity, brotherhood, and how to live in a community.
"All the effort was worth it, because thanks to Cuba I can say proudly I am my family's doctor," said Michael Howard, another young physician from Georgia.
The ELAM was founded in 1998 by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, with the goal of training specialists with high scientific, ethical and humanist standards, capable of working according to their countries' needs.
So far, almost 10,000 young people from Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, Africa, Asia and Oceania have graduated from ELAM