Cubans give their opinion on the lack of medicines in the country's pharmacies

The crisis in Cuba has reached almost all sectors, and the pharmaceutical sector has been one of the most affected. The shortage of medicines continues to be one of the problems that most afflicts the citizens of the Island.

This was confirmed toCubaNet several interviewees, who are directly affected at a time when there are some 87 drugs in short supply.

"I think it's the country's fault, who else could it be?" said Angélica Cedeño.

According to Cedeño, he has had to buy his medications "from outside", since some are found on the black market.

When they reach pharmacies, many resellers buy them and then resell them.

Even the interviewee Cristina Tamayo assured that the pharmacy workers themselves resell them.

Although this is the situation in the state pharmacies of the Island, in the international pharmacies - where you pay in currency and tourists have greater access - there is a greater variety of drugs, but the high prices at which they are sold make them unattainable for the majority of Cubans.

Due to the shortage of medicines, the informal market has been strengthened, made up of workers from different levels of the pharmacy and optical system.

Last August, police authorities arrested a woman on Toscano Street in the city of Santa Clara who regularly offered medications, and claimed that they came from the neighboring province of Matanzas.

Last week, a Cuban doctor,sent complaints to the CiberCuba editorial officeabout the limitations and shortcomings they suffer in the hospital where they work.

"For about 2 months we have not had broad-spectrum antibiotics such as Cephalosporins, these being the cornerstone in the treatment of the main causes of hospital admission, limiting the use of antimicrobials only to penicillins, sulfaprin and amikacin, which has had implications that have cost the lives of many Jagueyans," he said.