Independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada denounced the quality of the food received by children admitted to the "Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira" North Children's Hospital in Santiago de Cuba.
"This is how they eat at the Northern Children's Hospital, La Ondi'," he said on his Facebook wall.
Mayeta shared a photo of a tray that only contains a little white rice, some watery peas, and a piece of sweet potato.
The image generated outrage among internet users.
Some were alarmed to remember that hospitalized children need to have good nutrition because they are ill, and others lamented that in many Cuban homes there is not even that.
"And the leaders are stealing to no end. This government is disgusting and repugnant. How much insensitivity," expressed a woman from Santiago.
"And they give quite a lot, right now they'll send you home to eat," pointed out a self-employed worker.
"And if you see how they eat at La Colonia!" emphasized a young woman, referring to the Antonio María Béguez Children's Hospital, commonly known as La Colonia.
At the end of August, relatives of patients admitted to that healthcare center in Santiago reported the terrible food given to the children.
On that occasion, Yosmany Mayeta shared photos of the food they received: a plate with a little rice, two cakes that looked like fried snacks, and a piece of root vegetable. A second portion contained the "dessert": a slice of melon and a bread.
"That's zoo food; it would be good to bring that food along with that snack to the National Assembly for the deputies to eat it," protested a young reader then.
"How are they going to recover with that food they are given, no words," questioned a CUPET worker.
"What a shame, and the hotels are full of food and without tourists," criticized a woman.
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