Italian region resists US pressure to curb use of Cuban doctors
Published on: Feb. 23, 2026, 11:43 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
Cuban doctors are essential to keeping local hospitals running in Italy's southern Calabria region, its governor told a senior U.S. diplomat on Monday, rebuffing Washington's effort to halt the recruitment of medics from the Caribbean island. However, Roberto Occhiuto said in a statement that he had told Mike Hammer, the U.S. charge d'affaires to Cuba, he would review plans to hire even more Cuban doctors this year and seek hospital staff from other parts of the world.
