US EditionCuba's Health Care System Pushed to the Brink by US Fuel Blockade
Five million Cubans with chronic illnesses face disrupted treatments amid fuel shortages caused by U.S. tariffs, worsening medical care and emergency response, Health Minister Portal said.
- On Friday, Cuba's health minister warned the U.S. blockade of oil supplies has pushed the health system to the brink, suspending vital supply flights.
- Trade and supply cutoffs have left Cuba producing only 40% of its fuel, after an executive order last month imposed tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba, a Cuban official said Friday.
- Health officials say about 5 million people with chronic illnesses face disrupted treatments, including 16,000 cancer patients requiring radiotherapy and 12,400 patients undergoing chemotherapy, while medicine shortages push many to the black market.
- Ambulances are struggling to find fuel and endemic blackouts are afflicting deteriorated hospitals, while authorities have restricted CT scans and lab tests, forcing doctors to revert to basic methods.
- Amid a years-long decline, Cuba's health care system faces crisis with doctor emigration and deteriorating hospitals, as experts warn of a looming humanitarian crisis.
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In 1960, Lester Mallory, then Deputy Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, presented the arguments for declaring the economic war on Cuba. The United States government, he wrote, had to deny "money and supplies to Cuba, to reduce monetary and real wages, to provoke hunger, despair and the overthrow of the government."
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