2000: Bennie Thompson complains of Mississippi medicine to Castro

Houston Chronicle - Junket to Cuba provides just what doctor ordered

During a visit to Cuba by the Congressional Black Caucus in June 2000, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told then-Cuban President Fidel Castro about the severe shortage of doctors in his home state.

“Every county I represent is classified as medically under­-served,” Thompson said. He said two students from Mississippi are applying to enter the Cuban school next year.