US EditionCuba’s Health Care System Pushed to the Brink by U.S. Fuel Blockade, Cuban Minister Says
Fuel shortages caused by U.S. sanctions have disrupted care for 5 million chronic illness patients and forced hospitals to reduce energy-reliant treatments, Cuban officials said.
- On Friday, Cuba's Health Minister José Ángel Portal Miranda said the Cuban health-care system nears collapse due to a U.S. oil blockade, calling it an "energy siege" threatening Cuban lives.
- Last month, an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on countries supplying Cuba, which produces 40% of its fuel but has lost shipments from Venezuela, Mexico and Russia.
- Hospitals report outages and deteriorated facilities as 5 million people with chronic illnesses face treatment disruptions, including 16,000 cancer patients requiring radiotherapy and 12,400 undergoing chemotherapy.
- Restrictions on CT scans and laboratory tests have forced reliance on basic methods, as local clinics install solar panels and prioritize care for children and the elderly.
- Amid a multi-year decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba's government struggles to adjust while experts warn of a looming humanitarian crisis in the coming weeks.
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Cuba faces the first effective blockade by the United States since the Cuban Missile Crisis and is quickly running out of fuel, pushing the nation into a humanitarian crisis and its government to the brink of collapse, according to a New York Times analysis of sending data and satellite images. Cuban oil tankers have barely left the island’s coast for months. Oil-rich allies have stopped shipments or refused to go to the rescue. The U.S. army ha…
Havana., The energy crisis in Cuba, exacerbated by the oil blockade ordered by the United States, caused the postponement of surgeries for thousands of patients, many of them children, reported the island’s health minister, José Portal Miranda. Cuban chancellor, Bruno Rodríguez, denounced “the destructive consequences for the economy” of the country that have impacted more than $7 billion in a year, but assured that the nation has mechanisms to …
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