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![Tour of Havana Psychiatric Hospital-Part 1](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
A tour of the Havana psychiatric hospital system, of which parts use a translator from Spanish to English, reveals the conditions that make these hospitals more desirable than U.S. psychiatric hospitals; also depicting the high priority that the Cuban government gave the psychiatric hospitals during post-revolution times.
One patient describes an old hospital in Havana as not having enough beds, fights occurring between patients, and not being treated well. He describes the new facility as a positive environment where they were treated like humans and they did not feel like they were in prison. Additional interviews are conducted including current patients, U.S. nurses, and the directors of the facilities. One U.S. nurse describes the difference between the U.S. and Havana. She explains that the hospitals in Havana treat the patients with dignity and the patients don't feel like they are being rejected in the hospital, which creates a positive atmosphere. She describes the U.S. hospitals as having bad food, over medicating patients, instilling fear in patients, violence between patients and an overall depressed atmosphere. A director explains that every activity that a patient is involved in has to have a point. Activities include arts and crafts, music, working on farms, and working in a carpentry shop.
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