We repeated the exercise last fall, and thanks to recommendations from readers, doctors at hospitals in Cuba, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Nigeria and Pakistan will soon be receiving free 3-year subscriptions to the 2 journals.
Many Canadian doctors appear to appreciate the effort.
When we sit and complain about our outdated facilities, we have not seen how the rest of the world lives. Ross, president-elect of the Medical Women's International Association, recommended subscriptions for the Mission Hospital in Calcutta run by the West Bengal Branch of the Association of Medical Women in India. The hospital, which opened in 1981, caters to women and young children with no way to pay for treatment. She noted that the ophthalmology department closed because it lacked proper equipment. When I spoke to Dr. Tulsi Basu, the physician in charge, about the possibility of receiving CMAJ and CJS , she was very excited.