Minor patient without medication commits suicide in Cienfuegos

A minor Cuban patient would have committed suicide in Cienfuegos due to the lack of medication for their psychological ailments.

This was reported this Tuesday on social networks by a Cuban activist who shared a publication with details of what happened, accompanied by the terrible graphic testimony of the tragedy.

“Yodelvis, a boy from Cienfuegos between 12 and 14 years old, sick with nerves and without medication, found no other solution to his problem than to make the most fatal decision of his life, jumping from an 18-story building in the nuclear city. of Cienfuegos,” reported the user identified in Facebook as Alpidio Leyva.

At the time of writing this note, neither the authorities nor the official media echo what happened. CyberCuba contacted the author of the publication, who confirmed the tragic event through the testimony of residents of the Nuclear City District who preferred to remain anonymous.

“This child was not fortunate enough to find the health system that the communist regime advocates to save his life. No one there paid adequate attention to him. Knowing that this was a patient without medication, it is only a matter of time to see a tragedy of this nature,” denounced Leyva.

Apparently, the critical situation of the minor's family with the lack of medication for his ailments was known in the community. According to what Leyva reported to this editorial, the minor and his family required the attention of psychosocial services that are not contemplated in the national health system of the Cuban regime, nor in its social care programs.

The pharmaceutical shortage in Cuba It continues to worsen, which, together with the widespread shortage in the country and the risk of food insecurity, is pushing large sections of the population to the limit.

Among them, people who suffer from mental diseases, and behavioral and personality disorders, among others.

At the end of March, in the midst of a desolate situation, Evelyn Pineda, a 29-year-old Cuban mother, He tried to end his life after not being able to provide food for his paralyzed and HIV-positive son..

"I became very depressed by the situation I am facing with my son and what he gave me was an attempt on my life because I do not want to see him suffering from lack of food," she said in a harsh testimony to Cubanet.

In mid-March, a Cuban woman He jumped from the top floor of a building in El Vedado in the early morning and his body was found at dawn.

A month earlier, the lifeless body of a Cuban mother was found in the Havana neighborhood of La Güinera, belonging to the Arroyo Naranjo municipality.

Unofficial sources indicated that it could be a suspected case of suicide. The woman, whose identity has not been revealed, was the mother of two children, according to what neighbors told the independent media. CubaNet.

Neighbors in the area commented to the aforementioned media that The woman was in a state of total desperation due to the lack of food. in the country and the impossibility of providing adequate nutrition to their children.

On January 24, the young Cuban Gisselle Villafranca Llerena, 24 years old, He died after jumping from the eighth floor of the old Benéfica, in the Luyanó municipality. She suffered from depressive disorders and her relatives reported medical negligence in caring for the patient, who was supposedly being treated with an alternative medication.

Suicide rates have skyrocketed in Cuba as a result of the worsening of the general situation on the island, with accelerated inflation, shortages of food and basic necessities, and an unprecedented migration crisis.

The Cuban government reported last year that there is an increase in suicide attempts in provinces such as Guantánamo, one of the most impoverished regions of the country.