Young man fighting for his life in Baracoa needs antibiotics

In the city of Baracoa, people have requested help on social networks this Wednesday for Rubecito, a 19-year-old young man who need antibiotics urgently to fight an infection and continue your fight for life.

Aníbal Ferrand, activist and part of a group of Cubans who provide humanitarian aid, shared a video on Facebook where he pointed out that the young man is admitted to the Baracoa hospital, fighting against the seizures, a chronic encephalopathy and one infectious pneumonia.

The boy needs antibiotics Rocephin O VancomycinFerrand pointed out, emphasizing that at the time of making the video, the young man was having seizures.

The activist made his phone number 55302228 available to people who can help Rubencito and his family.

The drug shortage, a result of the exacerbation of the economic crisis in Cuba and the inability of the regime to resolve it, complicates the situation of hospitalized patients and their families, who frequently seek solutions on social networks and solidarity groups.

And the outlook will not improve. Miguel Diaz-Canel recognized that the shortage of medicines and medical supplies will continue to be a problem on the island, where pharmacies are out of stock and dozens of products from the basic table are missing.

The statements were made in a meeting with officials from the Health sector, last March, where the lack of supplies and the exodus of professionals that affects Cuban hospitals, among other problems that affect health care in the country.

Before the shortage of drugs in Cuba, the regime has resorted to natural medicine, in order to provide some remedy, such as guava and passionflower, to the undersupplied pharmacies.

According to the official broadcaster Artemis Radio, “pharmacies continue to provide services despite the existing shortage of medicines,” this was presented last April as an effort by the government to manage the shortage situation.