MADRID, Spain.- A 17-year-old boy was attacked by a shark off the coast of Majana, in the Cuban province of Artemisa.
The boy was fishing with relatives at the time of the event, which occurred this weekend. The relatives rescued him and communicated with the emergency system, so when they reached the shore the ambulance was already there, the local media reported. The Artemisian.
He was first taken to the Ciro Redondo Provincial Hospital, where he was given first aid and underwent surgery.
As Niurka de la Caridad Larrionda Valdés, director of Ciro Redondo, explained, the young man “arrived in shock and with a lot of blood loss.”
“The first thing was to replace the blood volume, for which we had the support of the San Antonio de los Baños blood bank. Then he entered the room for complex surgery for severe vascular and arm and forearm damage. Fortunately, everything went well and he went to recovery under the permanent surveillance of an anesthetist and an intensivist of ours and another from the Guanajay pediatric hospital, since it is a minor under 18 years of age, “said the specialist.
After undergoing surgery and already with a favorable evolution, he was transferred to the Juan Manuel Márquez hospital in the capital, “since his situation requires the intervention of specialists in Angiology, Orthopedics and Traumatology.”
According to newspaper statistics rebel youthbetween 1749 and 2014, 44 attacks on humans were reported in Cuba (39 unprovoked and five provoked), with 22 confirmed deaths.
In November 2017 A shark attack caused the death of a 22-year-old young man in the tourist beach of Guardalavaca in Holguin.
In the seas that surround Cuba there are more than 50 species of sharks, most of which do not represent a danger to man; however, night bathing in the sea is not recommended, as these marine predators generally feed in the evenings and at dawn.
