The mother of Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer García, head of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), was treated urgently in the United States after suffering a fall in the bathroom that resulted in a fractured ankle and a case of arterial destabilization.
The incident, which took place this Friday, was recounted by Ferrer himself and his brother Luis Enrique, who praised the quick and efficient response of the American emergency system, in contrast to the Cuban regime's propaganda about the U.S. healthcare system.
"My mother just had an accident in the bathroom. She fell and injured one leg, is experiencing vomiting, and her blood pressure is unstable. My sister-in-law and brother called 911 and an ambulance was sent immediately," said José Daniel Ferrer in a video posted on Facebook.
"My mother, my brother, and my sister-in-law are poor people; they are not wealthy. According to the propaganda of the tyranny, in the United States, the poor lack adequate medical care and suffer greatly. 'FALSE!' added the activist, who was exiled last month from Cuba after more than four years in prison."
His brother Luis Enrique detailed that three emergency vehicles arrived shortly after the call was made and that the doctors immediately transferred the elderly woman to the hospital.
"Then the communists, with their lies and propaganda, talking nonsense about how the poor in the USA die without assistance and that they are a medical power. They are nothing more than a beggar power," he wrote on .
Hours later, it was confirmed that the doctors diagnosed a fracture in the ankle and that she would be transferred to another center with more orthopedic resources.
The case generated hundreds of messages of support on social media.
"No one here is left without medical assistance. I hope your mother feels better," commented a resident in Florida.
Another Cuban pointed out: "She must be as strong as her children, and she is where they will take good care of her, where there are resources. May she recover soon, as soon as possible, so she can enjoy this freedom."
The story of Ferrer's mother contrasts sharply with the reality of the Cuban healthcare system, which is undergoing one of its worst crises in decades.
On the Island, hospitals lack medications, basic supplies, and sufficient staff, and patients must bring everything from syringes to sheets.
However, the regime continues to portray the Cuban healthcare model as "exemplary," while disseminating a distorted narrative about medical care in the United States, claiming that the poor are abandoned in hospitals if they cannot pay.
The prompt medical attention received by the dissident's mother contradicts that version. Within minutes, an equipped ambulance, medical staff, and the necessary resources were available to assist a low-income woman.
On the contrary, in Cuba, citizens must wait hours, even days, for an ambulance or a simple medical appointment, in a system overwhelmed by a lack of resources and poor government management.
José Daniel Ferrer, one of the most recognized opponents on the Island, was imprisoned during the Black Spring of 2003 for his peaceful activism.
After more than two decades of persecution, detentions, and torture, he was exiled to the United States last October, accompanied by his family.
Today, from exile, he continues to denounce the abuses of the regime and the reality faced by the Cuban people, characterized by poverty, the decline of public services, and political repression.
The accident involving her mother, attended to promptly and with dignity in a country where the regime's propaganda claimed such care would not be possible, has become new evidence of how much the Cuban government has lied for decades about the world beyond its borders.
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