|
HAVANA, Jan. 2 (Jose Izquierdo, Grupo Decoro / www.cubanet.org) – Since
November diabetics in several Havana province towns and cities have been unable
to obtain insulin.
The absence of insulin has been confirmed in Guines, San Jose de las Lajas,
San Nicolas de Bari, Melena del Sur, Nueva Paz and Batanabo.
Robero Isla, a resident of Guines who’s confined to a wheelchair
because he lost his left leg to diabetes, said, "You can’t imagine the
work involved in trying to obtain insulin. I’m a chronic diabetic and I
have to inject myself daily."
Barbara Diaz, a lifelong diabetic, waited in the doorway of a pharmacy in
the hope that a delivery of insulin would be made. "I don’t know what
to do," she said. "I don’t have nay insulin for today. I can’t
afford to buy it in the black market because I’m the mother of three
children and I have to feed them."
"The situation is the same in all municipalities," said an
employee of the central drug warehouse in San Jose de las Lajas. "There is
insufficient insulin to supply all the pharmacies, so it’s just going to
the hospitals."
Versión original
en español
CubaNet does not require sole rights from its
contributors. We authorize the reproduction and distribution of this article as
long as the source is credited.
| 
