[A-List] URGENT ACTION: Medical Aid Refused by Bush Administration

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Urgent Alert - Take Action Now!

Tell Bush & Congress:
Accept Cuba's offer to
send doctors to the hurricane victims!

The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition has set up an easy-to-use way to
send Bush and Congress a message. Use the link below to tell
them: "Accept Cuba's offer to send doctors to the hurricane
victims!"

On the evening of September 2, Cuban President Fidel Castro
reiterated Cuba's offer (first made on August 30) to send
doctors and medical equipment to provide desperately-needed
assistance to those who have become the victims of both
Hurricane Katrina and of the Bush administration's meager
and dilatory response.

Specifically, Cuba is offering to send 1,100 medical doctors
with 26.4 tons of medications and diagnosis kits at no
expense to the U.S. (they will even bring their own food and
water). There is now a dire need for medical attention in
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and in other Southern
states. The Cuban doctors, nurses and professional
healthcare staff are world renowned for their medical
expertise and their ability to provide assistance even in
the most difficult conditions, and have traveled throughout
the Americas and the world providing care to those in need.
The people of Cuba, even with far less resources than the
United States, have survived extreme hurricanes and flooding
because the government mobilizes to put people first,
evacuating hundreds of thousands and providing necessary
food, water and medical care immediately.

These doctors and the medicine and equipment stand ready to
fly to Houston and can arrive within hours as soon as they
get permission - permission that thus far has not been given
by the U.S. government. In their public statements about
countries that have offered assistance, the Bush
administration has not even acknowledged this offer from
Cuba.

Bush's racist and cavalier conduct towards the dying and
suffering in New Orleans has been criminal. For him to
withhold this medical support from people in need is cruel
and outrageous. He will let even more people die needlessly
just to support his right-wing political agenda against
Cuba.

You can send a letter to Congress and Bush today demanding
that the U.S. allow the Cuban doctors to enter the country
and begin assisting in the relief efforts! A.N.S.W.E.R. has
set up an easy-to-use mechanism to facilitate sending a
quick email to George W. Bush and the Congressional
Representative in your District and Senators in your state
with your demand. We have provided a sample letter, but you
can customize your message to get your point across. Please
take a moment now, by clicking here, to send a message to
Bush and Congress. (http://www.pephost.org/CubaAidAlert)

Cuban President Fidel Castro reiterates medical care offer
to the American people in his remarks during the TV round table,
September 2, 2005, 6:00 pm:

"Our country is ready to send, in the small hours of
morning, 100 clinicians and specialists in Comprehensive
General Medicine, who at dawn tomorrow, Saturday, could be
in Houston International Airport, Texas, the closest to the
region struck by the tragedy, in order to be transferred by
air, sea or river to the isolated shelters, facilities and
neighborhoods in the city of New Orleans, where the
population and families are that require emergency medical
care or first aid.

"These Cuban personnel would be carrying backpacks with 24
kilograms of medications, known to be essential in such
situations to save lives, as well as basic diagnosis kits.
They would be prepared to work alone or in groups of two or
more, depending on the circumstances, for as long as
necessary.

"Likewise, Cuba is ready to send via Houston, or any other
airport of your choosing, 500 additional specialists in
Comprehensive General Medicine, with the same equipment, who
could be at their destination point at noon or in the
afternoon of tomorrow, Saturday, September 3.

"A third group of 500 specialists in Comprehensive General
Medicine could be arriving in the morning of Sunday,
September 4. Thus, the 1100 said medical doctors, with the
resources described tantamount to 26.4 tons of medications
and diagnosis kits, would be caring for the neediest persons
in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.

"These medical doctors have the necessary international
experience and elementary knowledge of the English language
that would allow them to communicate with the patients.

"We stand ready waiting for the US authorities' response."

            September 7, 2005
            National Day of Emergency Action

            Support the People of New Orleans!
            Jobs/Income & Housing
            for All Displaced Families
            Real Relief - Yes! Racism - No!

				Protests in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los
            Angeles & more! Click here for details.
            (http://www.pephost.org/Sept7)




Send your letter to Bush & Congress!
(http://www.pephost.org/CubaAidAlert)

Please circulate widely. Ask your friends and family to send
a letter too!



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