Southern Italy scrambles for doctors after US pressure on Cuban programme

by vrganjon 3/9/2026, 9:42 PMwith 2 comments

by toomuchtodoon 3/9/2026, 9:44 PM

> The issue has drawn attention to the dire state of the health system in the southern Italian region, which paradoxically has an unemployment rate of about 20% yet struggles to attract medical staff. Working conditions there are notoriously harsh, largely because the remaining doctors and nurses shoulder an enormous workload.

Indentured servitude.