The fire in the generator set of the Amalia Simoni hospital revives concern about the deterioration of health infrastructure in Cuba.
Madrid, Spain.- A fire that occurred on Monday in the generator set of the Amalia Simoni hospital in Camagüey, forced the transfer of patients in critical status to the Manuel Ascunce Domenech provincial hospital. The incident, caused by an electric overload, was recorded around 9:00 in the morning.
According to confirmed The director of the Medical Center, Lilianny María Hidalgo Ruiz, the incident was suffocated by the Firefighters without reporting victims. The Hospital Directorate indicated that the electrical service was restored around three hours and that hospital systems work normally. However, as a preventive measure, serious patients were evacuated from the intensive therapy room.
Among the first in report the fact was the independent journalist José Luis Tan Estrada, who, in statements to Martí News He explained that “these structures are very old. Almost all in the province are failing and the time will come when they will collapse.”
The episode occurs in a context of generalized energy crisis: several provinces of the island face blackouts that sometimes exceed 24 hours, and hospitals from different territories have suffered interruptions that put critical patients at risk. The precariousness of the national electrical system, together with the lack of maintenance of structures, raises the risk of incidents in essential infrastructure such as hospitals.
