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20/09/2012
Stormont Health Trip To Cuba
Representatives from Stormont's health committee are to visit Cuba to observe its health care system, the BBC has reported.
The Caribbean island, famous for its communist government which has endured until the present day, is often cited as a standard-setter in international health care.
Despite being regarded as a third world country, Cuba exports doctors and has a high standard of health.
The average person in Cuba lives to about 77 years old, compared to the Northern Irish life expectancy of 71 years.
Sinn Fein's Sue Ramsey and the DUP's Jim Wells will attend a four-day conference in Havana, Cuba in December.
It is understood to cost up to £2,000 per person to send the two MLAs and a clerk, and a committee source said spending the money now could save millions in the long run.
It is part of the health committee's review on health inequalities.
(NE)
The Caribbean island, famous for its communist government which has endured until the present day, is often cited as a standard-setter in international health care.
Despite being regarded as a third world country, Cuba exports doctors and has a high standard of health.
The average person in Cuba lives to about 77 years old, compared to the Northern Irish life expectancy of 71 years.
Sinn Fein's Sue Ramsey and the DUP's Jim Wells will attend a four-day conference in Havana, Cuba in December.
It is understood to cost up to £2,000 per person to send the two MLAs and a clerk, and a committee source said spending the money now could save millions in the long run.
It is part of the health committee's review on health inequalities.
(NE)
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