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PINAR DEL RIO, June 25 (Víctor Rolando Arroyo, UPECI /
www.cubanet.org) - A physician who saw patients free of charge on his own time
at home says he has been punished by being transferred to another job about 15
miles and hours away, given existing transportation, from his home.
Dr. Hanoi Hernández Piñero has been operating an independent
dispensary at home, with support from an exile group in the U. S. Recently, he
started performing electrocardiograms, with equipment donated by the Group of
Support for the Internal Dissidents, based in Miami.
Now, Hernández says, he has been transferred so that he won’t
have the time to dedicate to his free patients in addition to his official job
at a government clinic.
Officially, Hernández was notified of the transfer by his supervisor,
Dr. Javier Cabrera, who told him that the decision was taken by the Ministry of
Public Health on the basis of his having been absent three times in the last 10
months. Hernández says his professional evaluations during that time had
all been "satisfactory."
In addition, Hernández says, Cabrera told him that he had a family to
support and that he was not about to go looking for trouble on Hernández’
account, because the political police were watching him constantly.
"Some days before the decision was taken, the area chief of the
political police, a captain Miguel Ferro, told a jailed dissident that he had "a
good one" in store for me," said Hernández.
There is no reliable transportation to Hernández’ new post in
the town of Sábalo. The best bet is a train that leaves Hernández’
home town, Guane, at 4 a.m. and no guarantee of a return time, Hernández
said.
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