A citizen from the municipality of Puerto Padre in the province of Las Tunas has used the social network Facebook to share a complaint about the public health system in Cuba, specifically regarding the Guillermo Domínguez General Teaching Hospital in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas, for the death of his 74-year-old mother due to alleged medical negligence.
According to reports, his mother was admitted on August 24, 2024, with a "pyloric syndrome" and received initial treatment with basic medications, but without necessary tests such as an endoscopy, which was not performed due to the lack of a location to set up the equipment in the hospital, although it was apparently available for paid services in dollars.
After 11 days of hospitalization, she was discharged without improvements and with the promise that they would call her when the team was ready.
After 19 days at home without food and in critical condition, the mother was readmitted to the ICU on September 24, where she finally underwent endoscopy.
Despite the pleas for an urgent surgical procedure to be performed, the operation (jejunostomy) was only carried out on October 5, when the patient had already gone 60 days without being able to eat and had lost more than 70 pounds.
After the surgery, the patient suffered a cardiac arrest and died on October 10 at 1:50 a.m. The author accuses the hospital of negligence and lack of timely care, putting his mother's life at risk.
On June 15, 2024, a young man died in Santiago de Cuba due to alleged medical negligence at the Ambrosio Grillo hospital. According to reports, incorrect treatment and the lack of medication were determining factors in his death. Just a month later, on July 4, another case of negligence was reported at the Gustavo Aldereguía Lima hospital in Cienfuegos, where a Cuban lost his life due to a lack of timely attention. The family accused the medical staff of not acting in time to save him.
In August, multiple alarming cases emerged, such as that of a mother in Holguín who reported the death of her 20-day-old baby due to medical negligence, being pressured by the authorities not to file a complaint. A day later, MINSAP denied another accusation related to the death of another baby, blaming the mother for using home remedies. The state entity argued that the death was due to community complications.
On August 11, a Cuban doctor harshly criticized the Ministry of Public Health, denouncing the lack of resources and the collapse of the healthcare system affecting renal patients, including her husband. In September, reports continued: on the 12th, doctors in Santiago de Cuba were sanctioned for not intervening in a serious case involving a child that resulted in surgery. On September 16, another family reported in Camagüey the death of their baby due to a lack of timely medical intervention at a maternal hospital, demanding justice for their loss.
On September 20, a report revealed the death of two prisoners in Cuban jails due to a lack of adequate medical attention. And on September 26, another case in Havana came to light when a Cuban reported the lack of care for his injured uncle at a polyclinic in Marianao. Finally, on October 17, a young Cuban demanded justice for the death of his mother in a hospital in Havana, where she was left to die in observation without medical assistance.
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