Dozens of Cubans have questioned the response of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) to the case of agirl who has been waiting for a liver transplant for almost a year.
The organization was forced to issue a statement due to the commotion that the situation ofAmanda Lemus Ortiz, a two-year-old girl who has bile duct atresia, and who has not been able to undergo a transplant despite all the promises made by the authorities to her parents.
The Provincial Health Directorate of Havana reported in its that Amanda is admitted to the William Soler Pediatric Hospital, where she has been treated since February 2022.
According to the note, during this time her evolution has been monitored by specialists from Sancti Spíritus - where the minor resides - and from the center itself, and "she has been guaranteed the medical resources and supplies necessary for the treatment of her pathology", something that is contradicted by statements from the mother, who in April reported thatThey had not been able to perform the transplant "due to the absence of personnel and accessories" at the hospital.
Finally, the MINSAP only alleges that the patient "has a defined indication for a liver transplant" from a living donor, and that "coordinations are being made with specialized institutions in other countries" to provide a solution.
There have been numerous reactions to the brief and redundant information, which reveals nothing new or provides any solution.
"What are these 'other countries'? And who does the approval depend on? Who has to sign and what country is she from? How much longer is she going to wait? She is a girl and she deserves to live. Enough is enough." of lies!" questioned a Berlin resident.
"They had forgotten Amanda, if it weren't for her parents who made publications about her situation and they went viral, no one would remember their girl," said a resident of Sancti Spiritus.
"If the girl were the daughter of a high-ranking leader, she would already have had surgery, no more teeth," demanded a Havana woman.
"Enough of cheap bureaucratism, leave the 'cantinfleo' to which we are accustomed and begin to empathize with the people, with your brothers; leave servility to a caste which what it feels for us is merely disgust and contempt "said a Havana resident.
"We are engaged... We are working... We are making coordination... Trust, blah, blah, blah... That is a local anesthesia so that there is no more talk about the case," said one Internet user.
"A lot of teeth and few solutions," said another Havana resident.
"That girl does not need more justifications, neither she nor the other children who are fighting for their lives while waiting for treatment or surgery, do not fill their mouths with saying that this country has great medical power when it is not true," commented a freelancer.
"How much more time do they need to coordinate with specialized institutions from other countries? Her family and the people of Cuba need an immediate response and action, every minute counts for that little girl and the country does not have the resources for such a transplant, otherwise, Why make the supposed coordination with other institutions outside the country? Cuba is a failed state," said a young woman.
On Sunday, theAmanda's mother apologized to her little girl for not being able to offer her care and treatment. doctors you need.
"I ask your forgiveness, my daughter, for being born into a poor family, for being the daughter of a worker, for not being the daughter of someone famous and powerful. I ask your forgiveness for not having parents with enough influence to buy you your health, to buy you the food you need, the medicines, the things that a girl like you needs," Mila Ortiz wrote on her networks.
Apparently, MINSAP is more concerned that her case is not made public on social networks, and that the desperate mother does not insist on her complaints and requests for a humanitarian visa to operate on her daughter in another country.
"Forgive me, because although your father and I are willing to give our lives for you, to give you that liver that you need so much, you were born in the wrong country, because here you are nobody my love, here your loss will only be remembered and suffered by your family," said Mila.
In statements made last April toCyberCuba, Ortiz explained thatthe baby's father was a possible donor, since they share the same blood group.
"I was waiting for his operation with great hope, but they told me that there are no conditions to do said surgery, due to the absence of personnel and accessories. I tried to get the necessary things to do it, but they were denied because it is prohibited to bring anything from the street," he then denounced.
Since that complaint, the Cuban authorities have only told the parents that "they have to wait." Therefore, the family decided to request a humanitarian visa to stop the rapid deterioration of the little girl's health.
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