The Cuban girl Arlín Sailet Acuña Espinosa, resident in the municipality of Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba, and student at the José de la Luz y Caballero primary school, died a victim of hemorrhagic dengueThe educational center reported this Monday.
"News that we would never have wanted to give. Today we woke up with the sad news of the death of one of our second grade students, Arlín Sailet Acuña Espinosa, a victim of dengue. “We extend our deepest condolences to all his family and friends,” could be read on the school's institutional profile on Facebook, which, minutes later, deleted the publication.
Before completely deleting it, the note was edited to omit the cause of death, in an attempt to mask the health crisis that the country is going through due to the scourge of viral diseases such as dengue and COVID-19.
A source close to the family revealed to CyberCuba that, at the time of her death, the little girl was admitted to the local hospital, where her father also works.
“Only two days ago he entered. "The girl became very ill yesterday and could not withstand the intubation and died at 2:00 in the morning.". The girl's father, Ramón Acuña, “is a doctor there, that is, at the “Orlando Pantoja” Hospital, in Contramaestre, and even so he couldn't do anything.”, lament.
The death of the little girl was also confirmed by Yanitza Infante, who said she was a cousin of the deceased, and on the same social network she extended her condolences to family members.
“Condolences to my family... I woke up with the sad news of the death of my cousin Arlín Sailet Acuña Espinosa due to hemorrhagic dengue. It is very sad and hard to see how a loved one of yours dies, and even more so at such a young age. May your soul be in a beautiful place surrounded by Angels!”, he expressed.
Arlín is the second girl to die from dengue hemorrhagic fever in Cuba, in less than a week. Last Wednesday, Paola Patricia Rodríguez, seven years old, died in Cienfuegos After spending several days in intensive care, several sources close to the family said.
At that time, a sister of the little girl was in serious condition, with the same illness, said the Cuban influencer Yessy World through a video on Facebook.
The next day, it transcended death of a doctor in the city of Camagüey, also due to dengue hemorrhagic fever. Sources close to the deceased identified her as Mercita, and revealed that the young woman was expecting a baby girl, who also died.
On Thursday itself, José Ángel Portal Miranda, Minister of Public Health, reported that the incidence rate of suspected cases that week had grown by 42.0 percent compared to the previous one, and that in 12 provinces the number of cases increased.
Until June 10, 3,036 cases of dengue were detected in the country, with circulation of serotypes 1, 2 and 3 of the virus, while complaints grow about the lack of hygiene that allows the reproduction of the transmitting agent of the disease, the mosquito. Aedes aegypti.
Cuban health authorities described the epidemiological context that the country is going through with dengue as “complex” and confirmed that the largest number of outbreaks of the vector in the last 15 years have been reported, with an increase of 21.7% compared to a similar stage in 2021. .
At the same time, the government recently acknowledged that Instability in the supply of medicines, medical supplies and expendable materials is critical and it will not be resolved in the short term, which negatively impacts the early detection of the disease and its timely medical follow-up.
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