Medical office flooded with sewage in Havana

Anddoctor's office located in Vedado, Havana, remainsflooded with sewage water for five months, whileThe authorities ignore the repeated complaints of the local residents.

Apublication from Facebook user Tania Sotomayor revealed that the medical office located on 10th Street, between Calzada and 5th, attached to the 15 and 18 polyclinic, in that Havana town, “has beenfull of sewage water due to clogging”.

Sotomayor, who lives with her family on the upper floor of the premises, assured that the doctor who works there made a report on the situation, before leaving on a collaboration mission abroad, and told the neighbors that the authorities " "They were going to come soon." However, “months passed and nothing,” he said.

The woman said that a neighbor met with the director of the polyclinic to find out if he was aware of the seriousness of the state of the clinic. “The director, very attentive and concerned, came to the office that same afternoon with a commission. They were amazed by what they saw, he had the toilet removed and he promised us that he would see that.”

According to Sotomayor's testimony, “days passed and since no one came,” they called him again. The manager of theclinic He told them that “he did as much as he could, that he passed the case to the government mayor, he sent him a letter, which we still don't know if he read it or filed it or cleaned up what you know with it without being seen.”

He indicated that the People's Power delegate asked the neighbors for “patience,” since “she is taking steps to resolve the problem.”

Given the inaction of the authorities, Sotomayor regrets therisk of getting sick that his family and other people on the block say: "The truth is that, while everyone is living their lives, we residents of office number 3 of the Vedado polyclinic continue to live among the plague, the mosquitoes...".

The woman assured that her daughter and son-in-law have already had a fever for three days. and advanced the next actions that will be taken until the problem is resolved.

“Today I write here to make it public and with the hope that it reaches somewhere, tomorrow I am going to start sending letters to all the organizations, if you are not interested in the office, please give it to someone who has housing problems and you will see how quickly the problem is solved,” he said.

In the midst of an unprecedented crisis in the public health system in Cuba, this case highlights the decline of the Family Doctor and Nurse Program, founded 39 years ago and whichThe Cuban government tries to revive with a plan for its “improvement”, analyzed four months ago in a meeting with scientists and experts in health issues, with the presence of President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

“The strategy modifies and incorporates nearly fifty actions, 11 of which are aimed at de-bureaucratizing work in clinics,” said oneuse on the page of the Presidency of Cuba. There are 451 polyclinics with 11,548 offices in the country.

The problem of uncontrolled sewage also affects other sectors of society. In Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, a woman denounced at the end of August the inaction of the authorities regardinga park flooded with sewage waste in the neighborhood where he lives.

Meanwhile, from Santiago de Cuba, a man revealed in anguish that he had been with his wife for half a year.house sheltered by albañal waters and the Provincial Delegation of Hydraulic Resources did not solve the serious problem.