HAVANA, March 23 (Carmelo Díaz Fernández, APSIC) - Conditions
in the operating rooms of the Agostino Neto hospital in Guantánamo do not
meet basic standards of hygiene.
There is air-conditioning in only two of the seven operating rooms and
cockroaches amble freely through all of them. There are stains on the floors,
sheets, clothing, and rags used by the operating room personnel.
Disposable gloves are used repeatedly, after being washed and exposed to
vapor, which doesn’t sterilize them, but it does weaken them to the point
where they sometimes rupture during surgery, according to operating room
personnel who did not want to be identified.
Six years ago, surgeons and technicians were given the opportunity of
purchasing one lab coat. Since then, they have had to either work with that one
coat or find some more in the black market.
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