WORLD BRIEFING / CUBA
A once-prominent neurosurgeon who became a political pariah after criticizing Cuba’s healthcare system flew to Argentina, quickly taking advantage of the communist government’s surprise decision to let her leave after years of rejecting her requests.
Hilda Molina went to visit her ailing 90-year-old mother, who was allowed to leave Cuba months ago; her son and Argentine daughter-in-law; and their children.
Molina said she had not decided whether to return to Cuba.
Molina was a well-known physician at a government institution until 1994, when she resigned after questioning the ethics of using human stem cell tissue in studies on treating ailments such as Parkinson’s disease.
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