Blog reports flight with medical emergency diverted to Toronto
Bermuda medical care is very good as is Cuba. It's a matter of distance and severity of medical condition. If I were flying over the Indian sub continent and had a medical emergency I would think very hard on my choice of diversion airports, can I get them on the ground now and have them die or wait and choose a more appropriate airport where the attention may be better. The same in the Caribbean, I would overfly Trinidad or Antigua if Barbados or Puerto Rico were available, but that is just local knowledge.
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"...Bermuda medical care is very good as is Cuba..."
Agree when it comes to Bermuda. Cuba? Not so much unless your name is Michael Moore. Have close friends who still have relatives in Havana. The "basic" care, check-ups, testing, etc. are all good but if you truly get sick, heart attack, cancer, etc. good luck.
My friends are hard-core Democrats (would call themselves Social-Democrats or Liberals if they lived in Europe). Even they do NOT claim Cuba has good health care. Many good doctors but woefully underfunded clinics and hospitals. Long lines to most "serious" treatments.
Of course, I'm sure a diverted aircraft with foreigners onboard would get the "Red Star" treatment from the Cuban government.
I sure hope I won't ever be on your aircraft with a medical emergency... Your "local knowledge" seems to be highly influenced by MSNBC and CNN Comrade Moore.
PS. Before you accuse me of being a right-wing fanatic or a racist (very en vogue nowadays with ANY critisism against The Messiah) - I consider myself a centrist and was born and raised in Europe.
Agree when it comes to Bermuda. Cuba? Not so much unless your name is Michael Moore. Have close friends who still have relatives in Havana. The "basic" care, check-ups, testing, etc. are all good but if you truly get sick, heart attack, cancer, etc. good luck.
My friends are hard-core Democrats (would call themselves Social-Democrats or Liberals if they lived in Europe). Even they do NOT claim Cuba has good health care. Many good doctors but woefully underfunded clinics and hospitals. Long lines to most "serious" treatments.
Of course, I'm sure a diverted aircraft with foreigners onboard would get the "Red Star" treatment from the Cuban government.
I sure hope I won't ever be on your aircraft with a medical emergency... Your "local knowledge" seems to be highly influenced by MSNBC and CNN Comrade Moore.
PS. Before you accuse me of being a right-wing fanatic or a racist (very en vogue nowadays with ANY critisism against The Messiah) - I consider myself a centrist and was born and raised in Europe.
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Damn commie bast@rds. Good grief, haven't we moved on a little yet? Thankfully quite soon you'll all have retired and those of us left around, who can't remember the cold war, can move on. (tongue a little in cheek at all points)
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Cuba embargo deep motives are not exactly tending to press the island to restore democracy but just to obtain some kind of refund for the ''owners'' of the island in the 50's ;
remember, the capital, Havana, was mafia property, tended by Meyer Lanski and Bugsy Siegel with their ''friendly dictator'' at hand.
what they (the Florida retirees) actually claim with their heirs, from the comfort of their Florida homes, was in fact stolen to the Cuban people in the 30's to 50's
anyway, no excuse to the actual behavior of the Castro government but this ''return of stolen property'' claim is quite based on bloodied sand...
and yes, Cuba downed US civilian light planes and that is not acceptable...
remember, the capital, Havana, was mafia property, tended by Meyer Lanski and Bugsy Siegel with their ''friendly dictator'' at hand.
what they (the Florida retirees) actually claim with their heirs, from the comfort of their Florida homes, was in fact stolen to the Cuban people in the 30's to 50's
anyway, no excuse to the actual behavior of the Castro government but this ''return of stolen property'' claim is quite based on bloodied sand...
and yes, Cuba downed US civilian light planes and that is not acceptable...
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As I said USav8or tongue in cheek matey! 
(plus I remember the cold war - just)
What I meant really was to say that this thread is a little silly - the report would be very interesting if it had a little meat on it - all it seems to have inspired is a bit of bashing - either America (everyone's favourite pastime anyway) or Cuba (where they most probably won't care).
Have you seen Frost Vs. Nixon? great film I thought - I never thought I would feel sorry for Nixon in my life though!
(plus I remember the cold war - just)What I meant really was to say that this thread is a little silly - the report would be very interesting if it had a little meat on it - all it seems to have inspired is a bit of bashing - either America (everyone's favourite pastime anyway) or Cuba (where they most probably won't care).
Have you seen Frost Vs. Nixon? great film I thought - I never thought I would feel sorry for Nixon in my life though!
