Brazil drops plan to import Cuban doctors<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-drops-plan-import-cuban-doctors-190826145.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lH8R1a4I8I6RUZawiV8QFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-08T193129Z_1_CBRE9671I8K00_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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