Havana Cuba.- renier blanco rodriguez, a young Pinar del Río who for five years has beentotally disabled and dependent on the care of his mother, complaint that you have been warned that your pensiDisability benefit will be withdrawn. The Social Assistance officials of the municipality ConsolaciSouth, where he lives, they have announced the measure, after he denounced his situation before the independent press.
Renier, 35 years old it has passed memore than half of his life with ankylosing spondylitis, a disabling disease that for five years has caused her total disability. Through a telephone conversation with CubaNet, the young man from Pinar del Río announced that previously his pension was reduced from $2,620 to $1,270. fact that andhe denouncedor at independent Press, and in consequence they have communicated what couldthey were withdraw the stipend entirely.
As Blanco Rodríguez explained, the justification for Social Assistance to withdraw his pension is that currently, in addition to him and his mother, an uncle and a brother live in the house, who would be obliged to support him.
The young man clarified that the 70-year-old uncle does not live permanently with them but is convalescent, since he has undergone five surgeries and two intestinal obstructions. The brother, on the other hand, lived with their father but moved in with them recently.
reinier He emphasized that he is living in appalling conditions: homeless and without a feedingproper However, that “the authorities don’t care”, lament.
As he revealed, an official named Edel, from the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), visited him and promised to return with the first secretary and other leaders of the organization, but to date he has not complied.
On the other hand, this same leader he approached the young man’s mother on the street to question her how often the “counterrevolutionary” visited her house Eduardo Diaz Fleitas,opponent, activist and former political prisoner of the group of 75. He director of the Democratic Alliance of Pinareña was who He informed this medium of the situation of the young man who was bedridden and neglected by officials and local authorities.
The activist also stressed the refusal of the local authorities to provide the family with the purchase of alternative means of cooking, for example: an induction stove. ANDhe smoke from coal or firewood (the only fuel currently used to prepare food) aggravates the disease of reinier.
Renier Blanco Rodríguez pointed out for his part that the director of Social Assistance in the town is called Michel, and He is together with another worker from the center named María Esther show commitment to pick up his checkbook.
The ankylosing spondylitisalso called rheumatic spondylitis and ankylosing spondylitisIt is a chronic rheumatic autoimmune disease characterized by pain and progressive hardening of the joints, mainly of the spine and ligaments in the cervical and lumbar areas, and the sacroiliac joint. such suffering It can also affect the hip, knee, shoulder, and Achilles heel. Similarly, harm the kidneys, the heart and the lungs, as is the case of Renier Blanco Rodríguez.
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