They are circulating on social networks in the last few hourstwo requests for help for urgent blood donations in Cuba: one is for a girl who needs AB+ and the other is for a young man who requires O-.
Both cases are not connected to each other but they show once again how the blood shortage in Cuba has become one of many problems that citizens residing on the island must face.
"We need AB+ blood for Princess Lía, anyone who has it and can donate is grateful," indicates the publication about the minor, which shares a contact telephone number: 53323249.
In the other case, Internet user Edisner Peña Hinojosa specified thatA young man who is seriously ill after having suffered an accident urgently needs O-blood.
"This great person suffered a terrible accident. He is seriously ill. At this moment he is fighting as he always has, this time for his life. He has to undergo several operations but his blood group O- is missing. If you can help, We will appreciate it," the aforementioned source wrote on Facebook.
"We have several donors but they are another blood group, in case they need it for a family member. Thank you. Call these numbers 53625862 Edisner 55888698 Yeleannis," he added.
Neither of the two publications specified in the petition the provinces where the patients in need of donations reside.
In recent months, requests from Cubans on social networks have been recurring to find someone who can save their lives or those of their relatives with voluntary blood donations.
Anguished by the urgency, some Cubans in need of blood for a loved one have not even hesitated to offer money in exchange for a donation.
Data from the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI) show that between 1990 and 2019 the number of blood donors in Cuba decreased significantly, from approximately 389,000 to 209,000 per year.
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