Brazil now looking for Portuguese, Spanish doctors, not Cubans

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Brazil now looking for Portuguese, Spanish doctors, not Cubans

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-now-looking-portuguese-spanish-doctors-not-cubans-214810391.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tcXEejsk83kHcraprgfg6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-08T214810Z_1_CBRE9671OKI00_RTROPTP_2_CUBA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Doctors work in the tomography section of Havana's main cardiology and heart surgery hospital" align="left" title="Doctors work in the tomography section of Havana's main cardiology and heart surgery hospital" border="0" /></a>BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian government, under pressure to improve public health services, has dropped plans to import a contingent of Cuban doctors and is instead looking to hire physicians in Spain and Portugal, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The plan to bring in Cuban doctors created a backlash because of questions about their qualifications. Brazilian medical associations argued that standards at Cuba's medical schools were lower than in Brazil and equivalent in some cases to a nursing education. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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