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FROM
CUBA
Rumors about disease rampant in the face
of official silence
HAVANA, Cuba - September 15 (José
Antonio Fornaris, Cuba-Verdad / www.cubanet.org)
- Some say dengue fever has claimed 700
lives across the island; some say dozens
have died in Havana alone. Another report
has the director of a hospital succumbing
to the disease.
In the end, no one can say for certain;
the government-controlled media have not
acknowledged the spread of the disease while
many claim to know of at least one case
of the mosquito-borne illness.
Last Monday, Carlos Campos, a 61-year-old
physician who was director of the Luis de
la Puente Uceda hospital died; some say
of heart disease, others claim dengue was
the cause of death.
Campos was the chief of the team of doctors
performing medical tests on Cubans migrating
to the United States.
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