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Once a Source of National Pride, Cuba’s Healthcare System Declines as Energy Shortages Deepen Crisis
Fuel shortages have left hospitals short of supplies and broken equipment, while a government report said childhood cancer survival fell to 65%.
- Cuba's universal healthcare system is deteriorating sharply as fuel shortages disrupt critical services, prompting The United Nations to launch a $94 million emergency plan in March to address the humanitarian crisis.
- Economic conditions worsened after U.S. authorities captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, depriving Cuba of a key ally and triggering persistent power outages lasting more than 20 hours.
- A government report released in June said the survival rate for children with cancer fell to 65% from 85% before energy restrictions began, while Havana's Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital lacks spare parts to repair critical CT scanners.
- Dr. Yolainy Romero Rodriguez at the National Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology noted that patients from distant provinces must return every 21 days for treatment, yet fuel shortages cause delays of up to 15 days.
- Mario Cruz Peñate, Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization representative in Cuba, described the situation as "shocking," noting fuel shortages caused "quite large" disruptions to health service continuity.
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Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis
BATABANO, Cuba (AP) — After two surgeries and several rounds of radiation therapy over the past four years to treat a tumor, Irisleydis Tristá has spent the past seven months unable to get a CT scan to determine whether the cancer has grown or spread. The CT scanner at Havana’s Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, the country’s leading hospital, is broken. Doctors have told her that, because of a lack of resources, they cannot operate on her again in C…
·Washington, United States
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Once a source of national pride, Cuba's healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis
Irisleydis Tristá, a cancer patient in Cuba, has been unable to get a crucial CT scan for seven months because the machine at Havana’s leading hospital is broken.
·New York, United States
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