Poetic justice for a tyrant

The Liberty Papers asks the following question, which conjures up thoughts of irony and poetic justice in my mind:

Is Fidel Castro The Latest Victim Of Socialized Medicine ?

According to a new report from a Spanish newspaper, Fidel Castro’s current condition may be due to failures in Cuba’s vaunted nationalized medical industry:

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro chose to avoid a colostomy and opted for riskier intestinal surgery that led to serious complications, the Spanish newspaper El Pais said in its Wednesday edition.

U.S. doctors said Tuesday’s report in El Pais suggested Castro had received questionable or even botched care.

“It sounds like they tried to spare him the colostomy, which would have been the safer and more conservative approach,” said Dr. Meyer Solny, a gastrointestinal expert at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

UPDATE: An articulate gentleman called "Thomas" posted the following comment on the SMH forum, to show what an intelligent and insightful crowd the SMH readers are:

I STRONGLY BELIVED WHAT CASTRODID WERE CORRECT,AT THETIME WHEN CUBAWERE CORRUPTWITHGANGSTER ANDMAFISO HAVE A FREE REIN IN THE COUNTY,BEHAVING LIKE WARLORD OF A COUNTRY. WELLCASTRO DID WERE MORE APPROPRIATELY SAID BY JOHN KENNEDY “ ASKED NOT WHAT THE COUNTRY CAN DOFOR YOU BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY”. INTHIS CONTEXTOFCOURSE CASTO IS CORRECT IN HAVIN A REVLUTION TO FREE THEWARLORD OFGANGSTER,ITS LIKEHUO CHEVES SAID OFGEORG BUSH GIVINGA SPEECH IN UN REENTLY TAT THEDEVIL IS HERE. NOW THEYANK ARECAUGHT WITH THEIR MORALVALUE CANTEYJUSTIFIED INEMBARGOINGTHE COUNTRYWHEN CUBA CHOOSE NOTTO LISTENTO THEM, WHAT A PRICE ONEHAVETO PAY O ACHIEVEFREEDOM ANDFREE SPEECH.THE YANK AREA BUNCH OF HYPOcrite,just don’t dowhat i do but do what i tell you to do likejohnny howard sendingtroops to iraq to fight a useless war that is unwinable. why waste human life and resources here.they still think that they are some cowboy on asix shooter in the wild west or lawless west,wake up america,time have changed if castro were to drop dead than there will be closed to one mllion refugugees on america door step and the us are no wiser here.
Posted by: THOMAS at January 17,:02 PM

Priceless !!

UPDATE #2: Check out this photo-essay to see just how deplorable and sub-human the Cuban medical facilities are. No wonder you have Cuban refugees flowing to America and not the other way around.