Cuban to Díaz-Canel: "Tell me how much I should pay to have my son operated on"

A mother reported theprecariousness of the public health system in Cuba and the government's dealings with health care on the island.

In a message on social networks,Eliannis Ramirez She said she feels desperate with the health situation faced by her sick son with a tumor in his eye. He asked the rulerMiguel Díaz-Canel how much she should payto operate on the child in Cuba.

"Please,President Díaz-CanelPlease tell me how much the operation for the tumor in my son's eye costs in one of the private clinics in Cuba. I want to know how to raise money and see if I can operate it. If I have to ask for alms I also ask. Onlytell me the price because I know that in those clinics there are medical personnel and resources," said the Cuban mother.

The son of Eliannis is calledGeobel Damir Ortiz Ramírez and lives in Bayamo, but is receiving treatment at the Juan Manuel Márquez pediatric hospital because he has a Plexiform Neurofibroma in his right eye. He also suffers from congenital glaucoma in that same eye and Neurofibromatosis type 1.

The activistDiasniurka Salcedo recently explained that doctors are investigating a possible histiocytosis X or Langerhans cell histiocytosis. In order to stay in Havana receiving treatment they had to leave their city and were urgently looking for a rental near the hospital.

Eliannis asked for it to be shared on social networksyour question to the ruler Because she "doesn't want anything for free," she is willing to do whatever it takes to have Cuban doctors operate on her son.

However, this Cuban mother only receives negative responses from the doctors on the island, because thehospitals in the country cannot care for patients. There are no resources for operations, nor medicines for the sick,not enough professionals in medical institutions.

TheCuban mother He also denounced the role of international organizations, such as theUNICEF in Cuba, who remain silent, observing what is happening in the country, but without intervening or telling the world the reality that children and their families suffer.

"UNICEF in Cuba has helpless children, in terms of health and education," said Eliannis.

Last week another Cuban mother, residing in Holguín, asked for help through social networks tosave your daughter's vision.

The woman said she felt desperate and wants to obtain a humanitarian visa to the United States so that American doctors can operate on her.four year old daughter who has advanced cataract. He assures that only an emergency operation could save the girl's vision and theCuban doctors do not have resources to perform these surgeries.