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FROM
CUBA
Three Cuban dissident prisoners hospitalized
for tests
HAVANA, Cuba, December 20 (www.cubanet.org)
- Relatives of imprisoned dissidents have
expressed worry about the state of health
of their loved ones.
Yanet Ocaña Campo, wife of Lester
González Pentón, serving a
20-year sentence, said her husband has been
in the Carlos J. Finlay hospital since December
3 undergoing a checkup. She said tests showed
that he suffers from chronic gastritis.
Arturo Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez,
serving 25 years, was taken to the same
hospital November but returned to the Ariza
prison after being diagnosed with various
ailments.
Magalys Broche de la Cruz, wife of Librado
Linares García, serving a 20-year
sentence, said her husband was taken from
the Ariza prison and interned at the hospital
at the Combinado del Este prison for tests.
She said he has damage to the retina of
his left eye and suffers from chronic gastritis,
ulcers and emphysema.
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