The regional government of Calabria
has recruited 50 Cuban doctors to stave off the closure of many
wards in hospitals across the southern Italian region.
Calabrian Governor Roberto Occhiuto said the whole recruitment
and hiring process would have taken some three years for Italian
doctors whereas the new Cuban medics will be ready to start work
in a month's time.
"In order to get (that many doctors in Italy) would have taken
us three years. Instead, they'll be able to start in a month to
work in the wards which we would otherwise have had to shut
down".
Occhiuto said he "couldn't care less" about accusations that the
region should not have gone so far abroad for staff.
"They're not going to steal anyone's jobs", he added.
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