The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSP) detailed the rescue of a six-year-old boy in Baracoa, reported in critical condition after the passage of tropical storm Oscar through that Guantanamo territory.
According to the highest health authority on the island, a multidisciplinary team of professionals along with the Air Force ensured the transfer of the minor, identified as Yodelmis Furones Matos, to the Octavio Concepción y de la Pedraja Hospital in Baracoa, and then his transfer to the Pediatric South Hospital in Santiago de Cuba.
Yodelmis, a 6-year-old, suffered a skull trauma due to a tree falling on the roof of his house in the early morning, which left him unconscious, reveals the official site Cubadebate.
Due to the road impacts from the passage of Oscar, it was difficult to transfer him to a medical facility where he could receive first aid.
The main access point to the eastern area of Guantánamo (Baracoa, Imías, and San Antonio del Sur), the La Farola viaduct is facing significant damage, which places the situation in these localities as extreme, amid the critical scenario caused by the total collapse of the national electricity system that occurred last Friday, and which still leaves hundreds of thousands of Cubans without electricity supply.
This Monday, Cuban authorities reported at least six people who lost their lives in the municipality of San Antonio del Sur during the passage of Oscar. After being identified on Tuesday, it was revealed that a five-year-old girl had died.
In addition, there are three elderly people over 80 years old. The other two fatalities were between the ages of 30 and 40.
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