Amanda's father bursts out against ETECSA's service: "Despite being very expensive, it provides the worst that it can."

"I can't talk to my family. Some don't have internet, others don't have a cell phone, and the rest don't have electricity to maintain communication."

Amanda Lemus Ortiz y sus padres © Emmanuel Lemus / Facebook
Amanda Lemus Ortiz and her parentsPhoto © Emmanuel Lemus / Facebook

The father of Amanda Lemus Ortiz, the girl who underwent a liver transplant in Spain in March, exploded against ETECSA for the difficulties he faces in communicating with his family in Cuba.

Emmanuel Lemus, who has been in Madrid for six months with his daughter and wife, criticized the terrible service of the company, which practically keeps him unable to talk to his family in Sancti Spíritus.

"I can't talk to my family. Some don't have internet, others don't have cell phones, and the rest don't have electricity to maintain communication. (...), the service that is mostly paid for from outside Cuba despite being very expensive, ETECSA provides the worst it can," he said on his Facebook.

"I don't like writing exactly what everyone already knows, but I'm tired of wasting time trying to find out if 'they're okay' through a fragmented conversation that raises the pressure of anyone with low blood pressure and that ultimately always ends with a 'I'll call you back later,'" he emphasized.

Facebook capture / Emmanuel Lemus

The young and selfless dad, who did not hesitate to donate a portion of his liver to transplant it to his little girl, states that he is tired of always being silent, waiting for things to get better, without realizing that his silence is the first culprit of the troubles for his family.

"It happens that you have already tasted freedom, that you already know how good it feels," commented a Cuban living in the United States on the post.

"You know that in a country where there is no dictatorship, you are respected and valued, and you can live honorably with your work, whether it is better or worse, but you live and eat. But it also happens that now you experience the frustration of wanting to make those who were left behind understand that you only live once, and that there is no reason to endure all of that," he pointed out.

Emmanuel celebrated his birthday on August 29 with the joy of seeing his little one recovered and leading a normal life after being operated on in Spain, having been practically abandoned to her fate by the Cuban health system.

The activist Lara Crofs, who led an awareness campaign around the case, described the sacrifice she made as a parent.

"He cooked, cleaned, organized, and went to the hospital up to three times. A tremendous father and husband, I saw him suffer, filled with rage at the evasive and empty answers we were given in this country. His little girl was swinging between life and death, and he did whatever it took to save her, even risking his own life," he detailed.

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