A 77-year-old Cuban woman identified as María Elena Martínez Luacez, requested help to obtain colostomy bags, as she is currently using plastic bags as a substitute for this supply.
In a Facebook post, she explains that since her surgery on August 13, 2022, she has relied on these bags, but she has been without them for two weeks, being forced to use nylon bags.
"It has been two weeks since I have had bags, and I am using loud bags. The one in the photo was lent to me by an old lady," the woman detailed, who is a neighbor of the Velez neighborhood in Pinar del Río.
He said that he has also been confronted by the lack of medications such as amitriptyline and alprazolam.
"I feel very down and sick. I need amitriptyline, alprazolam, and I don't have any. The ulcer is getting the best of me. There is nothing in the hospital. I'm dying of hunger," she expressed with desperation and said that her hemoglobin was at 9.
María Elena weighs only 70 pounds and lives with constant pain, said the elderly woman, who has also lost her three children.
"I feel lonely, I am upset. I didn't do anything to deserve this. When I could, I helped everyone, because I am a Christian," expressed María Elena, who also shared her darkest thoughts due to her critical situation: "I have considered taking my own life; by cutting my throat or by taking pills," the woman confessed.
María Elena states that anyone who can help her obtain large colostomy bags with a side strap can contact her at the landline 4877 9583, and her postal address is Tete Contino Street # 58, interior between Fifth Street and Gabriel Lache. Reparto Vélez, Pinar del Río.
Patients with colostomy in Cuba face a daily ordeal to obtain colostomy bags. Recently, the case of a girl who did not have these bags to attend school in Holguín came to light.
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