A Cuban shared on social media the unfortunate situation in a hospital, where patients are forced to put pieces of cotton in their ears to prevent cockroaches from entering while they sleep.
User Jesús de Cuba (@jesusdecuba) shared a video on TikTok showing cockroaches freely walking around the furniture in a hospital: “It’s very sad to see the conditions patients are experiencing in hospitals, especially when it's your family.”
"They have to cover their ears with cotton at night because of the cockroaches," noted the complainant, who admitted to feeling insulted after leaving the hospital. "It traumatized me; it's very intense," he emphasized.
Although the person who uploaded the video did not specify the city where the institution is located, they have shared clips in other posts that showcase various locations in Santiago de Cuba.
Although the shared video, which shows cockroaches crawling even on the beds, may seem unreal, this is not the first time such sanitation issues have been reported in Cuban hospitals.
Recently, independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada reported on Facebook that, in broad daylight, cockroaches were seen crawling over the furniture in the waiting areas of the Juan Bruno Zayas Clinical Surgical Hospital.
"The ones in charge at the Santiago Clinical Center are the cockroaches," stated the reporter, who did not specify where within the institution the recording was made.
"This is a widespread issue across all governmental institutions. This is the medical power we have to thank for it," he added.
A similar situation was reported at a hospital in Ciego de Ávila, where videos showed cockroaches freely wandering in the restrooms of the Emergency Room.
"This is the medical power that the Cuban regime is selling around the world," wrote one of the individuals who shared the images on social media platform X.
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