A 44-year-old Cuban who had been missing from her home in Havana for 12 days was found alive and is now with her family.
The independent feminist platform YoSíTeCreo in Cuba shared the good news on its Facebook profile.
"We consider the alert for Bárbara Lozano Pendones (Baby), 44 years old, closed, as she is already at home and has been seen by neighbors at her residence," it revealed.
"We appreciate the support of all the people in this case of high vulnerability and with very limited support networks," he noted.
Bárbara, mother of a nine-year-old girl, suffers from paranoid schizophrenia at a psychotic level and has been without medication for months due to the lack of fluphenazine decanoate in pharmacies, which she must take once a month. She also suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
His family members assure that he is a great person and that he loves his little daughter, but that he decompensated due to not having treatment. He had never left his home, located in the Martín Pérez neighborhood, San Miguel del Padrón municipality.
Recently, the disappearances of people with mental or chronic illnesses in Cuba have increased, as the lack of medication destabilizes these patients and affects their normal behavior.
This week, a 61-year-old man who had been missing for four days was found safe and sound, although somewhat disoriented.
His son, who had raised the alarm for his father, revealed that he was fine. "They found him trying to enter his workplace," explained Pedro Luis Echevarría Torres, who thanked everyone who helped him.
The young man detailed that his father suffers from diabetes and hypertension, and expressed his concern "about being an insulin-dependent patient and not taking his medication."
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