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Mexico’s public health system announces the employment of non-licensed ‘healers’ and use of traditional medicines and herbs

Puerto Vallarta (AP) — Health authorities in Mexico said Tuesday they will use more traditional medicine and more Cuban doctors in the country’s woefully under-equipped public hospital system. Zoe Robledo, the head of Mexico’s largest public hospital network, said at a news conference that the system will hire 753 practitioners of traditional massage and herbal treatments. The Social Security Institute will also employ “curanderos,” who are non-l…

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