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When Doctor David Hickey's name was called, he stepped forward, removed his jacket to display an "End Cuban Blockade" slogan on his white shirt.
David Hickey won an All-Ireland Football medal in 1974 with the Dublin team. At last year's All-Ireland this team was honoured at half-time in Croke Park. Each member of the team was called out, stepped forward and acknowledged the applause of the spectators. When Doctor David Hickey's name was called, he stepped forward, removed his jacket to display an "End Cuban Blockade" slogan on his white shirt.
David is a Beaumont Hospital consultant. His interest in Cuba started when he was working in France and met a number of Cuban doctors. In 1998 he visited Havana to see for himself the effects of the American embargo on the health of the Cuban population.
"Cuba can't import more than 60% of medicines because of the American inputs into those products. There are children on chemotherapy who are vomiting 20 times in 24 hours because the medicine to stop them vomiting can't be imported," David said. He has now gained support from doctors across the country. In April he will lead 40 doctors on a fact-finding mission to Cuba to study the health effects of the blockade.
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