Medical care in Cuba has had quite a reputation since the revolution. Unfortunately also medical aid suffered severely from the lack of devices. Don´t count on it to be still of such high standards. As a result of the economic boycott a serious lack of essential goods is striking the hospitals. In spite of good intentions private aid-programs run into a swamp of impenetrable difficulties, often of bureaucratic and political nature. Pharmacies are to be found all over the country, I never really investigated the nature of the supplies but understood that shortages are serious.