I had the luck of leaving Cuba 4 years ago and then my family came as well, my mother was a doctor for 25 years and I had asked her a lot of questions about why doctors left to go on a "mission" to any of these countries.
One of the incentives the Cuban Government used to use to make doctors go to those "missions" as they call it in Cuba, is that once they have finished it they were allowed to buy a house or car, I say allowed because until recently you couldn't buy any of it without the government authorization.
Nowadays they used another technique which is; we will allow you to bring back 1 container ( those in ships) full of whatever you want, as usual the with the government they haven't been allowing it even though those doctors already spent 2-3 years on the "mission" so those people went there with that promise and it turn got nothing.In Cuba the whole idea of making 1.3k/month sounds great and many doctors blindly agree to go without knowing first how much they will spend on food/clothes/supplements etc, but of course they can't really look up that information because internet until recently was non existent and nowadays WIFI access cost $1.5/hr ( CUC) which is their salary of a fully day.
Of course that's modern day slavery, the government acts as your owner, they set the condition and can change it at will, if you don't abide them, well you have two options:
- back to Cuba in 24 hours and be prepare to have your doctor's license removed
- stay in the country and be exiled for 8 years.
PS: Until recently, doctors in Cuba weren't allowed to leave the country under any circumstances except for "missions", the government train of thoughts is " I own all these people".
One of the incentives the Cuban Government used to use to make doctors go to those "missions" as they call it in Cuba, is that once they have finished it they were allowed to buy a house or car, I say allowed because until recently you couldn't buy any of it without the government authorization.
Nowadays they used another technique which is; we will allow you to bring back 1 container ( those in ships) full of whatever you want, as usual the with the government they haven't been allowing it even though those doctors already spent 2-3 years on the "mission" so those people went there with that promise and it turn got nothing.In Cuba the whole idea of making 1.3k/month sounds great and many doctors blindly agree to go without knowing first how much they will spend on food/clothes/supplements etc, but of course they can't really look up that information because internet until recently was non existent and nowadays WIFI access cost $1.5/hr ( CUC) which is their salary of a fully day.
Of course that's modern day slavery, the government acts as your owner, they set the condition and can change it at will, if you don't abide them, well you have two options: - back to Cuba in 24 hours and be prepare to have your doctor's license removed - stay in the country and be exiled for 8 years.
PS: Until recently, doctors in Cuba weren't allowed to leave the country under any circumstances except for "missions", the government train of thoughts is " I own all these people".