SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 9 (Juan Carlos Garcell, APLO) – A hospital laundry in Sagua de Tánamo, Holguín province, has been using toothpaste to wash linens for the past two weeks instead of chlorine and detergent.

Hospital employees who wouldn’t be identified said that as a result clothing smells foul and shows blood stains. Most patients are refusing to wear hospital supplied clothing.

"It’s nauseating," said one doctor about the clothing.

The situation places even the health of hospital personnel at risk due to poor disinfection.

By way of contrast, hospitals in the area attending to foreign patients have all the necessary resources to properly wash and disinfect linens.

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