A video published by independent journalist José Luis Tan Estrada under the hashtag #TanteandoCuba documents the state of neglect at the Senior Citizens' Home located on Avenida Finlay in Camagüey, featuring deteriorated wooden floors, crumbling walls, and an entirely empty interior.
The 21-second clip features the text "Destroyed and abandoned the Nursing Home in Camagüey," and the journalist himself sums up the situation in one phrase: "The situation there is depressing."
The organization ObservaCuba also shared recent images of the same facility, describing precarious sanitary conditions: dirty beds and surroundings, with no change of clothing or proper cleaning, exposing residents to infections.
The MVallejoTV account shared the material and described it as "a reality that deeply impacts," portraying the home as a place that conveys "abandonment, loneliness, and uncertainty."
The complaint is not an isolated case. In October 2025, the same Tan Estrada reported the abandonment of two elderly individuals at the Provincial Hospital Manuel Ascunce Domenech in Camagüey, who were in the Medicine Ward without receiving basic medical care and "covered in feces."
In August 2025, a report revealed conditions described as "inhuman" at a Social Protection Center in Jagüey Grande, Matanzas, with peeling walls, unmade mattresses, and a lack of permanent medical staff.
In September 2025, an alumnus found his 79-year-old chemistry teacher sleeping on the street in Santiago de Cuba, another sign of the same collapse in care for the elderly.
In June 2024, a case was reported of an elderly man in Granma who was living in inhumane conditions and malnourished, and was also denied entry to a nursing home.
The economic context worsens the situation. Tan Estrada has documented in Camagüey an out-of-control inflation where a malt is sold for 325 pesos while the hourly wage for a Cuban doctor is only 29 pesos.
According to data from 2025, more than 310,000 people in Cuba are in a state of poverty or social vulnerability, in a country that has one of the most aging populations in Latin America.
The Cuban regulations of 2020 officially recognize the need to repair and maintain these centers, highlighting that deterioration is a structural problem recognized by the authorities, yet no effective measures have been taken.
Tan Estrada attributes the crisis to "the direct result of 60 years of a model that destroyed production and the food industry, turning people into beggars of their own land."
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