Cuban Patients Are Dying Because of U.S. Blockade, Doctors Say
The US oil blockade on Cuba is causing daily blackouts, food shortages, and crippling the country's universal health care system, leading to preventable deaths. Cuban doctors report that hospitals are canceling surgeries, sending patients home, and struggling to administer treatments due to power outages and lack of resources.
Cuba's health care system is struggling due to the US oil blockade. The blockade is causing daily blackouts, food shortages, and crippling the health care system. Hospitals are canceling surgeries and sending patients home because doctors and nurses can't commute to work. Clinics are struggling to administer treatments like chemotherapy and dialysis due to power outages. Many ambulances are parked because drivers can't find gas. Pharmacies are largely empty because the state is struggling to buy medicine. The production of medicine has been mostly halted because factories run on diesel. Vaccine makers are searching for ingredients because flights that once carried them are canceled due to a lack of jet fuel.
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