A U.S.-backed push to dismantle Cuba's overseas medical missions is leaving gaps in healthcare systems across Latin America and the Caribbean, with experts warning that underserved communities will bear the brunt, as a new sprawling report from The Guardian has revealed.
In Jamaica, the sudden withdrawal of Cuban doctors has already disrupted care, forcing patients like 73-year-old Novlyn Ebanks to delay critical procedures after her scheduled eye surgery was canceled when specialists left the country.
