A recent post on social media shows how it has become usual to transport coffins in the city of Santiago de Cuba using private vehicles, which highlights the deep economic crisis affecting this service, as well as the regime's inability to solve it.
Social communicator Yosmany Mayeta posted a gallery of images and a video on Facebook this Monday, showing the precarious situation faced by the relatives and acquaintances of the deceased: "Every day the deteriorated fleet of hearses available in Santiago de Cuba becomes more evident."
The content shared by the independent journalist shows the moment when a coffin was taken to the funeral home in Santiago de Cuba, using a private van, which is commonly used for passenger transportation in the eastern city.
"Look where they are bringing the dead, lack of respect they are," a young woman can be heard saying in the video denouncing the precarious conditions of the funeral service in Santiago de Cuba.
Mayeta considered that, after several complaints made by citizens on social media and the sad scenes of coffins falling in the middle of the street, "the authorities have decided to use private transportation more aggressively," the journalist pointed out.
However, this Tuesday Mayeta echoed a complaint that warned about the overflow of the funeral home in Santiago de Cuba, where there were at least 29 coffins, even placed in the hallways of the facility.
The precariousness in funeral services is not a new problem and has been repeatedly evidenced by the constant use of private vehicles.
Last April, a Cuban resident in the town of El Caney, in Santiago de Cuba, reported that due to the lack of a hearse to transport the mortal remains of her great-grandmother, they had to resort to a private truck.
"They had to bury her since 8:30 in the morning. She called and they said the hearse left with another deceased person," the woman complained in a statement to Mayeta, mentioning that she barely got that response before they hung up the phone.
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