A Cuban resident in Miami reported on social media the ordeal her family is experiencing in Camagüey due to the inadequate care provided to her brother, who suffers from mental disorders. She pointed out that, for the Cuban government, the sick are perceived as a burden they wish to dispose of, rather than being treated as human beings.
Yasmin González León reported in a Facebook post the decline of the healthcare system in Cuba, pointing out that it has severely impacted vulnerable individuals, including her brother, and their families.
González described how the chronic shortage of medication has prevented his brother from receiving proper treatment, worsening his health to a critical point, explaining that he gets "one medicine today and a different one tomorrow."
The situation is worsening because the medications her brother, who is 12 years younger than her, needs are only sometimes available in the informal market, and they come at prohibitively high prices.
These facts highlight the lack of resources and the system's inability to care for patients with mental disorders, he emphasized.
One of the most alarming aspects of his complaint is the condition of the Psychiatric Hospital of Camagüey, where, according to González, patients are housed in rusted beds and face terrible hygiene conditions.
"The 'so-called crazy people' are no longer considered human beings," he stated, highlighting the decline in medical care and the lack of dignity with which patients are treated in these facilities.
He also noted that the hospital's priority seems to be preventing these realities from being exposed on social media, rather than providing the necessary care for his brother, who has been in crisis for days.
"Writing a post on Facebook has become a greater crime than allowing someone's soul to be destroyed," he emphasized.
Despite the seriousness of his condition, the hospital refuses to provide him with medical care unless he is admitted, but his parents have resisted due to the deplorable conditions of the facility.
“In Cuba, they are systematically trying to destroy the soul of the Cuban people by every possible means,” the whistleblower pointed out while criticizing the regime.
“My brother and my parents are just a small part of the casualties that the famous ‘Revolution’ is leaving behind,” he noted, describing the absolute degradation of the public healthcare system under the Cuban government, which, in his view, is more focused on building hotels than improving healthcare facilities.
This is not the first time that criticisms have been directed at the Psychiatric Hospital of Camagüey due to the state of neglect of the facility and the treatment afforded to the patients.
In March, the news portal Cubanet published a gallery of images on Facebook showcasing the terrible conditions of the hospital and the treatment of patients, who were restrained due to a lack of medication and subjected to electroshock.
"This is how patients are being treated at the René Vallejo Ortiz Psychiatric Hospital in Camagüey. Due to a shortage of sedatives, many patients are being subjected to electroshock and kept restrained," the post emphasized.
Five months later, the situation hasn't changed much. Just a few days ago, a Cuban mother reported the lack of staff and poor conditions affecting the hospital service, which she visited with her son after he experienced a crisis that required specialized care.
However, once at the hospital, the doctors determined that the young man needed to be admitted for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), commonly known as electroshock treatment.
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