Posted on Monday, 04.07.14
Cuba slashes more than 100,000 health care jobs
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAVANA -- Cuban authorities say they have eliminated more than 100,000
jobs in health care, considered one of the pillars of the 1959 revolution.
The cuts come as President Raul Castro tries to streamline government as
part of a broader economic reform package.
The weekly labor newspaper Trabajadores said Monday that 109,000 health
care positions have been cut.
Two years ago, Cuba said more than 50,000 jobs in that sector had been
slashed. Most of the cuts came in less-skilled positions such as
ambulance drivers and hospital support staff.
Cuba's health care sector is entirely run by the state. Authorities have
said that like other areas of the economy it is plagued by inefficiency,
redundancies and bloated payrolls.
About 400,000 islanders are currently working independently of the state
under Castro's reforms.
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