HAVANA, November 28 (Caridad Cristina Alvarez, Grupo Decoro / CubaNet) -
Maikel René Céspedes Arencibia, 25, died Monday of dengue fever,
after having been repeatedly ignored by the Cuban medical establishment.
Céspedes went to his district’s dispensary November 22 with the
first symptoms of the disease. There, a Dr. Baró diagnosed his malady as "acute
febrile syndrome", adding that she could not be sure that the man had
dengue and that she couldn’t risk causing a panic in the neighborhood or
having the area placed under quarantine.
On November 23, Céspedes was taken to the Pedro Kourí
Institute of Tropical Medicine, where laboratory tests confirmed he had dengue
fever. He was then sent home by authorities at the hospital.
Two days later, when Céspedes could no longer stand on his own, he
was again taken to the Institute of Tropical Medicine. This time, he was
admitted. At 3 a.m. the next day he suffered a cardiac arrest and some time
later a second, fatal, one.
Céspedes is survived by his wife and two sons, aged two and three.
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