A man collapsed this Sunday in front of a house in the Las Cruces neighborhood of Altamira, Santiago de Cuba, apparently due to a hypoglycemic crisis caused by hunger and lack of food intake.
Journalist Yosmany Mayeta shared a testimony on Facebook from a neighbor, who recounted that the residents of the area were compelled to quickly assist the man who had collapsed, offering him sweetened water and bread to help stabilize him.
"The man seemed to have suffered from hypoglycemia; he said he was hungry," recounted the person in a message to the communicator.
This fact highlights the harsh living conditions many people in Cuba endure, particularly among the elderly, where food shortages and the economic crisis severely impact the population.
Last March, an elderly man experienced a hypoglycemic episode while waiting in line at a bank in Santiago de Cuba. He was standing in the sun, poorly nourished and ill, with no available seating despite his advanced age.
The 90-year-old man, identified as Eleutelio Simón Bueno, collapsed during the exhausting wait to collect his pension at the "La Comercial" bank, located near the Rotunda of the José Martí District in Santiago de Cuba.
In April, a young man collapsed from hunger on a street in Santiago de Cuba, and he was able to recover thanks to the kindness of passersby who happened to be nearby and provided him with food.
The video of the tragic incident was shared on Facebook by independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada, who noted that fainting from hunger in the city does not discriminate by age.
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