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HAVANA, March 20 (Ana Rosa Veitía, Grupo Decoro / www.cubanet.org) -
The deterioration of the public health system in Güines, a city south of
Havana, is reflected in the poor service and the scarcity of supplies for
rendering medical services.
"The urgent-care facility, the main polyclinic, and the general
hospital 'Aleida Fernández' are the facilities most affected by scarcity
and also those that most often come under criticism by patients," said
Martha Ida Horta, who yesterday had to take her 3-year-old grand daughter to be
seen.
"The doctor asked me to go home and bring back a spoon, because they
didn't have tongue depressors to look at the girl's throat," said Martha.
Another patient said that at the 'Aleida Fernández' hospital, the
paper for electrocardiograms is only available in the intensive care unit, so
that patients elsewhere in the hospital cannot be tested.
"Any patients with cardiac problems that need the test are sent to
other hospitals," said the source.
Many residents point to the discrepancy between a government that cannot
render service locally but sends doctors abroad to showcase Cuban medicine.
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