Man suffers heat stroke due to lack of air conditioning at Havana Airport.

A man suffered a heat stroke this Monday due to the lack of air conditioning at the José Martí International Airport in Havana.

Several videos sent to the CiberCuba editorial office show how the elderly man is assisted by several people in the middle of a terminal that does not have the necessary conditions for passengers to stay or wait, due to the unbearable heat.

"Give it some water," can be heard from a user in the lobby, where most passengers use fans to withstand the heat.

In another one of the videos, the moment when the healthcare staff is attending to the man is captured.

Precisely this Monday, the general director of the José Martí International Airport, Irán Cueto Carmona, appeared in a video explaining the situation with the air conditioning that the main airport facility of Cuba is experiencing.

Almost two months after the first complaints were made on social media about the air conditioning issues at the airport, Cueto Carmona has explained that they are setting up "a rooftop unit" to complement the main cooling system of the terminal.

Although the executive did not explain it in his video, a rooftop is a direct expansion air conditioning unit that serves to air condition and ventilate a closed interior space, being able to generate heat or cold within the same unit. It is installed on rooftops and the distribution of air into the interior is done through ducts.

The manager stated that the "issues" with the air conditioning system at Terminal 3 of the José Martí International Airport originated from a malfunction, of which he also did not offer details.

His speech focused on ensuring that they work "hard" to solve the problem.

Currently, we are working very hard to resolve this situation as quickly as possible. Import actions for parts, components, and equipment are being developed. This would achieve a greater coverage and reliability of the cooling system of this terminal," stated the executive.

Among breakdowns, power outages, and poor service, the experiences of travelers arriving to or departing from the country through that facility have been chaotic so far.