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Cuban mother orders colostomy bags for her son: "He hasn't been to the pharmacy in a long time"

Health centers in Cuba lack medical supplies such as colostomy bags, gloves, gauze or dressing materials.

Luis Ernesto Núñez Acuña Photo © Facebook Sandra Acuña Morales

A Cuban mother asked for help on social media to get colostomy bags for her sick son.

The shortage of medical supplies in Cuba has reached a critical point, with citizens turning to networks to request basic supplies such as colostomy bags, highlighting the serious deficiencies of the health system on the island.

Facebook Sandra Acuña Morales

A distressing request circulates on social networks. Sandra Acuña Morales, mother of Luis Ernesto Núñez Acuña, shares the difficult situation they face due to the lack of medical supplies in Cuba.

After undergoing surgery for an intestinal obstruction and undergoing a colostomy on February 25, the search for collection bags has become a race against time for this family.

"A great friend sorted out a few bags for me, but they only give me for this week," Sandra expresses in her desperate message.

She has a medical certificate to purchase them in pharmacies, but she notes desolately that "they haven't been available in a long time." Uncertainty about how they will face the next few days consumes her, as she finds her resources and options quickly depleted.

The situation is further complicated by Sandra's health condition, who has had heart surgery twice and now, in the midst of her own recovery, finds herself in the need to care for her physically and psychologically affected son.

"I have undergone heart surgery twice and I ask God every day to give me strength to be able to continue fighting for my son," she says moved.

The problem of the lack of bags on the island has been reported for years and has reached such a point that citizens with colostomies are forced to improvise with other materials, look for alternatives on the black market or ask friends and family for shipments from the island. foreign.

Sandra comments that she has seen them sold at exorbitant prices that she cannot afford. "Right now I can't pay that money because I'm not working to take care of him," she said.

This call resonates in a context in which Cuba is mired in a deep crisis, with shortages of medicines and healing materials, which especially affect people with serious and chronic diseases.

Cuban mothers, like Sandra, face the desperation of a health system that is incapable of providing the necessary answers and support in critical situations like that of their son.

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