HAVANA, December 14 (Ernesto Roque, Grupo Decoro / www.cubanet.org) When
Adrián Leiva Sánchez had a toothache recently, he found out the
dental clinic at the "Antonio Maceo" polyclinic, in the Havana
municipality of El Cerro, has not been able to render service to patients for a
year and a half due to a broken compressor.
A nurse at the facility who refused to give her name for fear of losing her
job said, "This problem is not new. Patients have to either have a friend
who works at another clinic, or make do as best they can."
A specialist who looked into Leiva’s problem told him he has an ulcer.
Leiva received neither treatment nor a referral to another facility.
Another patient who couldn’t get care at the clinic said, "In Cuba
we don’t all have equal access to medical care. That equality only exists
in the government’s propaganda, because in real life, there is no such
thing as regular and efficient service for the common citizen."
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