In the midst of the profound health crisis that Cuba is going through, in the midst of insulins that spoiled due to thawing and ruined the life of a teenager; In the midst of a hurricane that flooded a pharmacy in San Antonio del Sur, Guantánamo, it has been confirmed that a container full of medicines and medical supplies has been detained in the port of Havana for eight months. The Cuban population, which suffers from an acute shortage of these essential products, is not even aware of the matter.
After learning of the information, Cubans around the World contacted an official from the General Customs of the Republic, who asked to remain anonymous, to reveal the details of this worrying situation to which, until now, no information has been given. effective solution, as reported in recent days Cuballama News.
The container, 40 feet long, arrived in Cuba through an importer that has not known how to proceed to handle the matter, because medicines and supplies were “mixed.”
Why not separate the inputs?
When asked the logical question of why the container is not opened to separate the medical supplies from the medications until the situation is clarified, the official expressed:
“You cannot open a container to take out one thing and leave others inside.”
This bureaucratic approach, without a doubt, seems to ignore the immediate needs of the Cuban health system.
The source indicated that he “suspects” that “there is frustration at different levels of the government,” since this situation further aggravates the crisis of drug shortages, a problem that has forced many citizens to look for alternatives outside the public health system. including the purchase of products on the black market.
He said that several organizations have participated in the matter, but he said he did not know in whose hands it is now and he regretted that this is happening because the person who made the donation has already sent other aid to Cuba in the past, always in the same way. : inside a container.
As revealed Cuballama News Last week, even the Minister of Foreign Trade himself, Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, was looking for a solution.
Oliva-Fraga would have blamed the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) for not having managed the release of the container.
“It is an injustice that with the lack of medicines and supplies in this country, I have to take care of that,” the minister reportedly declared, according to the source.
Pérez-Oliva would have justified himself by saying that “the container was already detained when he took command of the Ministry.” Apparently, despite their efforts to expedite the process, the container is still stranded at the port.
Health in danger
Meanwhile, the Cuban health system is facing an unprecedented shortage of medicines and medical supplies.
The estimated value of the container’s contents is around $1 million, and its release could alleviate, at least temporarily, the difficulties faced by hospitals and clinics across the country.
The population, already desperate, especially in municipalities south of Guantánamo, continues to suffer the consequences of these internal blockades which, according to the minister himself, are “unacceptable” in the current context.
While the container remains detained, hopes for relief in the health crisis fade more and more every day, with the uncertainty of when, or if, medicines and medical supplies will finally reach those who urgently need them.
It is demonstrated what direction “the blockade” is.
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