The medical center admitted that it works with “few resources” and accused those who denounce the situation of “romanticizing stories,” while new photographs show patients on the floor and saturated services.
MADRID, Spain.- The Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Provincial Hospital, in Bayamo, announced this weekend a message on their official Facebook page to respond to criticism that has circulated about the conditions in which patients are cared for. However, both the statement and the images shared by the institution itself generated an effect opposite to what was intended: they increased alarm about the deterioration of the health system in the province.
In the text published by the center’s administration, the hospital defended the work of its medical staff and recognized that it operates with limitations. “Yes! This is the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Hospital, where with the few resources we have it does not stop caring for any patient, and yes! We have few resources, that is no secret to anyone,” the institution stated.
The message also accused critics of acting with malicious intentions: “They always attack with lies, romanticizing stories to raise people’s awareness and DISCREDIT our Public Health system while our troops break their backs working and we have the same problems as ordinary people.”
Despite the intention to deny rumors, the photographs released show saturated rooms, hallways full of people and an environment marked by the lack of spaces and basic resources. The official publication, instead of stopping criticism, is interpreted by many residents as a public admission of the care collapse.
Added to this scenario are the images shared by the media Cubans around the Worldwhich reveal an even greater degree of precariousness: patients lying directly on the floor, nurses kneeling to care for them, and IVs placed at floor level in the absence of adequate supports.
In its publication, the media described what it received in the following way: “Today, shocking images arrived from the Céspedes Hospital in Bayamo. Sick people lying on the floor because there are no beds left. People waiting for care that never comes. A health system that can’t take it anymore. The reality is hard and visible, even if they try to deny it.”
The note adds that “while the population faces chaos, abandonment and pain, the authorities continue to repeat that everything works” and calls for urgent measures: “Lives are being lost here and could be saved. Cuba needs real answers, not empty words. People are asking for help and deserve to be heard.”
The health crisis in Granma is part of a broader pattern that is repeated in various provinces of the country, where structural failures, lack of supplies and collapsed emergency services have been reported.
