Posted on 05/18/2004 8:36:41 AM PDT by dead
Fidel Castro's doctor denied rumours that the president's health was ailing, saying today the 77-year-old leader is in excellent health and claiming he can live at least 140 years.
Dr Eugenio Selman Housein said Mr Castro continues to run and swim and pointed to the president's participation in a massive protest march on Friday.
Castro led the march past the US diplomatic mission in Havana to protest US policy against the island's communist government for about 800 metres, walking slowly and with some difficulty.
"He is formidably well," Mr Housein told reporters at a conference on "satisfactory longevity" in the capital city. The press "is always speculating about something, that he had a heart attack once, that he had cancer, some neurological problem."
But Mr Castro is healthy enough to live at least 140 years, said Mr Selman, who heads a "120-years Club" that promotes wholesome habits for the elderly.
"I am not exaggerating," said Mr Selman, who believes people are capable of living five times the number of years it takes for the human body to fully grow - which he said is around 25 years.
Cuba's life expectancy, which is 76.6 years, is one of Latin America's highest, and just below that of the United States, which is 77.4 years, according to the CIA World Factbook.
Mr Selman is never far from Mr Castro and marched near the leader on Friday. He is one of 250 medical experts from Latin American and the United States participating in the longevity conference, which runs to Friday.
AP
“Oh, I hope not.”
And he could die tomorrow, I am not exaggerating.
Typical socialist cult-of-personality crap. He'll take his place in hell, no doubt, in a few more years.
In a related story, documents found in Iraq confirm that Baghdad Bob did indeed obtain a license to practice medicine in Cuba...
Translated from Commie-speak, that means he's due to drop dead any moment.
I'm sure the good doctor is very well taken care of.
hahahaha
"I have been ordered to say he can live to be 140," the Cuban hairball's personal physician said Thursday. "El Presidente has instructed that if he dies before age 140 he will have himself shot."
In this case.......Only the good die young
Plenty of room, i'm sure
Sure. 140 years. You betcha. He also cr*ps full-grown cats and has 20 lovers every night. Benches 450. Drinks a gallon of tequila with lunch and is still sober as a judge. What a guy.
Satan'll leave a light on for you.
Not only did Tito die before 100, he also left behind a big political mess.
It is my belief that the good truly do die too soon - my Dad for one. Maybe because they have earned their rewards -I know too many mean, hateful people who still walk the earth. And then there are supreme A-holes like Castro and Bin Laden, to name a few. Sometimes it just doesn't seem fair .....
Time to start the office pool .... I'm taking October 23, 2006.
He's not dead, he's pining for the fjords.
Can you say, "Weekend at Fidel's?"
Did Baghdad Bob find new employment in Cuba?
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