Cuban activist Yamilka Lafita, known on social media as Lara Crofs, called for help on Monday for the family of Flavia, a former university student who is currently in a coma at Kendall Hospital in Miami.
The young woman's parents, who are elderly and reside in the town of Hershey in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, Mayabeque province, oppose the medical recommendation to disconnect her, the activist explained on Facebook.
"I really don't know what happened to her for it to end up like this," Lafita explained on the social media platform, noting that the girl's parents "are going through a difficult situation."
Finally, the activist shared the link to the open fundraising campaign on GoFundMe to assist Flavia's family.
According to the information published on that platform, Flavia experienced a severe headache while at work on March 22, which resulted in her collapsing to the ground and losing her vision.
An ambulance took her to the hospital, where she was placed in an induced coma, explained the young woman's cousin on GoFundMe.
After examining the young woman, the brain scans revealed that she had a ruptured aneurysm with a level five hemorrhage.
Since then, Flavia has undergone several procedures to save her life, including brain drainage, the insertion of a cerebral catheter, and the removal of the upper frontal part of her skull.
According to the platform, as a result of the aneurysm, the young woman has experienced brain hemorrhages and spasms, and has also been affected by infections on several occasions.
As of this Monday, $9,114 have been raised out of the $10,000 goal set for the young woman's recovery, according to her family's request.
Recently, the activist Lara Crofs launched an online campaign to secure a humanitarian visa for Thiago Fernando, a child suffering from a degenerative disease for which there is no treatment available in Cuba.
Lara, who led the campaign that enabled the departure of the young girl Amanda Lemus Ortiz to Spain for a liver transplant, has now initiated a similar effort for this nine-year-old boy who suffers from Duchenne syndrome (a rapidly progressing muscular dystrophy).
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