The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) updated the information on the victims of the explosion that occurred this Friday at the Saratoga hotelIn the Habana.
As of 11:30 a.m. on May 8, the number of confirmed deaths rose to 30, while it was learned that another 30 people were discharged from different hospitals in the capital, including some hotel workers and ten minors. .
In addition, 84 people injured in the incident were counted, of which 24 are still hospitalized, adds the medical report, which in turn specifies that there are 19 adults admitted (4 reported critical, 5 serious and 10 care), in addition to five minors (three in critical condition, one serious and one in care).
To the 27 deaths already reported until the previous day, three deaths confirmed by the MINSAP were now added, all men between 19 and 35 years of age, the Ministry specifies. updated part.
|Updated information on the status of those injured in the accident of the #HotelSaratoga|
So far 84 people have been injured, of which 24 are hospitalized, 30 patients have been discharged and 30 have died.
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At the scene of the fatal accident, rescue work is being carried out, which already includes the basement area, which the canine brigade managed to access this morning after part of the space was drained, as reported the official media Cubadebate.
At the site of the double basement it is believed that more people could be trapped, in an area where a warehouse, shops and hotel administration offices operated, the information added.
The construction minister, René Mesa Villafaña, declared to the digital media that work is being done to secure the building in order to avoid other accidents due to the current state of the building, with load relief in different places.
“The pool will begin to be drained in stages and the gas bullets removed from the cover,” he specified.
However, he asserted that “until now” there is no danger of collapse and that “the perspective is that the structure can be saved,” the report explains.
On the other hand, in the premises of the Central Computing Palace, in Havana’s Parque de la Fraternidad, specialists offer psychological attention to relatives of the people who remain missing.
Alexis Acosta Silva, mayor of the Old Havana municipality, pointed out that there are still relatives and friends of the residents of the adjoining building who have not been found and assured that a psychological evaluation of the children affected by the incident was carried out and that they will rejoin the classrooms only “those who are prepared”.
