Five children from the municipality of Santiago de Cuba received urgent medical attention after experiencing vomiting and diarrhea associated with a case of food poisoning.
The Dr. Antonio María Béguez César Children's Hospital reported this Wednesday on Facebook that the minors were initially attended to in their emergency service.
The institution, popularly known as La Colonia, stated that the patients exhibited "a " and assured that they received the necessary medical assistance.
The hospital did not specify the ages of the children, what food may have caused the poisoning, where it was consumed, or if all the cases are related to the same incident.
It also did not report whether the minors remained hospitalized, what their health status was after receiving care, and whether an investigation is ongoing to determine the exact source of the poisoning.
But, as is typical in official publications, the hospital presented the incident as a demonstration of the responsiveness of its pediatric services.
However, the case occurred just two weeks after a food poisoning incident affected 52 people in Santiago de Cuba.
In that episode, 18 patients were referred to hospital institutions for closer monitoring, including three minors and two pregnant women.
The intoxicated individuals then exhibited abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and cramping, and some experienced mild to moderate dehydration.
But beyond isolated cases, the reality is that the entire country is experiencing an energy crisis that hinders proper food preservation.
Last week, the United States Embassy warned of a "significant increase in diarrheal diseases across Cuba" and recommended exercising caution with water and food.
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