Family and friends bid farewell to Héctor Eduardo Tamayo Burgos, a 17-year-old who passed away this Sunday in Santiago de Cuba after weeks of hospitalization due to a late-diagnosed brain infection.
Journalist Yosmany Mayeta reported on Facebook that the young man's body is being laid to rest at his home in the Altamira neighborhood of the capital city.
Kirenia Burgos, the young man's mother, obtained a special permit from the prison where she is incarcerated, allowing her to say goodbye to her son.
The mother has expressed her gratitude for all the prayers that were offered to God for her son's recovery, who was in a coma before passing away, Mayeta indicated.
The funeral is scheduled for 2:00 PM this Monday, departing from his home to the city cemetery, where Tamayo will receive his final farewell.
Recently, a young father of a four-year-old boy died in Santiago de Cuba, allegedly due to medical negligence at the Ambrosio Grillo hospital, located in the town of El Cobre.
"Something appeared on his nose that turned into cellulitis. It seems that it advanced and he got a bacterial infection. They took him to the doctor because he was in a lot of pain, and you know how medical care is in Cuba; they didn't give him the medication he needed. They were managing it with pills, but it wasn’t what he required," a family member recounted in an audio message to journalist Mayeta.
The victim, a 34-year-old identified as Yasser Sánchez, lived in the Los Pinos neighborhood, where his neighbors have expressed shock over his death.
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