Cuban mother asks for help to operate on her daughter after ingesting a strong chemical product

Cuban mother Ivonne Galiano asked for help for her daughter who needs surgery after accidentally ingesting a strong chemical product.

Little Ivana, nine years old, needs an esophageal replacement, a procedure that “is not being performed in Cuba at this time,” the mother said inFacebook.

Galiano explained that in January 2018 the little girl ingested a strong chemical product that caused esophageal stenosis, an abnormal narrowing of the muscular tube that transports food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach.

He reported that in his native province of Guantánamo they began to perform dilations, and when they did not obtain favorable results, due to personal errands, they moved to Havana to treat the girl at the William Soler Pediatric Hospital.

At the capital's healthcare center they performed 40 more dilations but again without favorable results.

“It was not possible to stabilize the esophagus by stopping dilation in June 2023 and in December of that year, when no improvements were observed, by decision of the medical board, they decided to remove it from the dilation program,” Galiano explained.

Currently, little Ivana has been without treatment for eight months “because the next one would be an esophageal replacement that is not currently being performed in Cuba,” said the mother. “I need help to be able to operate on the girl, I have already exhausted all means in my country.”

The desperate mother reported that currently the girl only feeds on puree whipped through a gastric button “because if she normally ingested food orally she could choke and die,” she lamented.

Many parents in Cuba suffer the agony of seeing their children sick and not being able to find a solution with surgical procedures due tothe shortage of medicines and medical supplies caused by the regime.

That was the case of the Cuban boy Jordan Daniel Montero Solano, who was born without an esophagus, andHe was operated on after 13 years of receiving excuses and harassment from the authorities.

The minor underwent surgery on February 21 at the Holguín Pediatric Hospital and after his recovery,His first meal was congrí rice, sweet potato and meat..