They ask for help for twins with serious burns at a hospital in Havana.

The Cuban twins Alejandra and Laura Fernández Pérez require O+ blood donations after being urgently admitted to the burn unit at Calixto García Hospital in Havana.

The request for help has been massive on the social network Facebook, and the user Evelyn Alonso Horta shared the names of the sisters in the Blood Donors group of Cuba and asked available people to do it at the bank located on 23rd and 2nd streets, in El Vedado.

Although the causes of the injuries are unknown, the user Lourdes reported on the same platform that both lives are in serious danger due to multiple burns.

This case reflects the emergency situation that the healthcare system in the country is facing, where blood donations have become a pressing need to save lives.

The growing migratory wave that engulfs Cuba constitutes one of the main reasons cited by the regime for the shortage of blood and its derivatives in the healthcare system.

In this regard, the official newspaper Girón, from the province of Matanzas, reported on the difficulties faced by the monthly extraction program mainly due to the lack of resources and people of appropriate age willing to donate.

The text, which quotes Dr. José Ignacio Alonso Martínez, director of the Minerva Duarte Provincial Blood Bank, points out that the territory is going through difficult times and refers to the recurring excuse of "imperial blockade," as well as an aging population, increasing migration, and socioeconomic difficulties.

The adverse scenario is palpable on social media: several Cuban families have used this platform to save their own lives or the lives of their relatives through voluntary extractions.

This is a direct consequence of the significant decrease in the number of donors, which went from approximately 389,000 to 209,000 between 1990 and 2019, according to the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI).

Two months ago, petitions were circulating on digital platforms for a girl and a young man who had been in an accident and needed blood, while activist Yoelkis Torres Tápanes turned to social media so that his mother could undergo surgery at the end of 2023 in Matanzas.

Last March, another Cuban begged for help because his mother had been waiting for over a week: "I need a blood donation in Pilón, Granma. There are donors and supposedly there are no blood bags at the hospital," explained internet user Alexis Vargas in a video he posted on Facebook.