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Cuban Isaura Medero, mother of a daughter with leukemia, denounced on social media the neglect she has experienced from the authorities in Pinar del Río, who promised to help her almost two years ago but have yet to fulfill that promise.
In a post on Facebook this Monday, Medero explained that she lives in the municipality of La Palma, and that her daughter Karla Isabella, who is only four years old, suffers from acute lymphoblastic leukemia type B, a condition that requires special hygiene and nutritional conditions that the State has not guaranteed her.
“A little over a year ago, the government and the Housing Department of our municipality took on the responsibility of finishing our house due to my daughter's health condition, and we are now approaching two years with very little progress,” the mother wrote.
The woman reported that local authorities committed to completing her home, but to this day, the family continues to live in hardship and unfulfilled promises, facing constant delays and bureaucratic excuses.
"When one thing is missing, the other is too, and so on. Gentlemen, is there anyone who can advise me on what I should do, where I should go, if I can no longer trust anyone?" she wrote in desperation.
Isaura also reported the inadequate food that her daughter receives through the state rationing system, noting that the milk intended for the sick child is of very poor quality and often doesn't even arrive.
"The damn milk they send through the ration book is only good for pigs. Besides the fact that they hardly ever send it, they can't seem to differentiate that it's for a girl with cancer," she complained.
The mother openly questioned the lack of sensitivity from the government and the agencies responsible for addressing vulnerable cases:
"Where are those who should look after children with special needs and nutrition? Where is the response regarding liquefied gas, housing, and all of this that is evaded with justifications?" she wrote, before concluding that she is not interested in politics, only in "being a mother who raises her voice for her sick daughter."
The case of Isaura Medero has generated outrage and solidarity on social media, where many Cubans claim that such situations are becoming increasingly common on an island where crisis, scarcity, and institutional neglect have become part of everyday life.
The situation of Karla Isabella, the Cuban girl with leukemia whose mother publicly denounced state abandonment, is not an isolated case.
A few days ago, another Cuban family pleaded for a humanitarian visa to seek treatment abroad for their daughter, who is also suffering from leukemia, due to the lack of medications, reagents, and basic conditions to continue her treatment in Cuban hospitals.
The hope of that family vanished when the United States denied the humanitarian visa application despite the fact that the girl needed urgent care.
The father explained that the girl suffered from constant fevers and that the Institute of Hematology and Oncology in Havana did not even have enough blood bags and chemotherapy to ensure treatment.
In response to the uproar generated by these allegations, the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba issued an official statement acknowledging the problems within the system, while avoiding direct responsibility.
The note was published following multiple accusations of negligence that circulated widely on social media, especially based on the testimony of desperate mothers like Isaura Medero.
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