Cuba's Healthcare Crisis Deepens | Baltimore News

Cuba’s once-praised free healthcare system is crumbling under fuel shortages and U.S. sanctions, leaving patients like cancer-stricken mother Irisleydis Trista stranded without life-saving scans or surgeries. Hospitals scramble for basic supplies and spare parts, while pediatric cancer survival rates have plummeted from 85% to 65%. Children from rural areas face agonizing delays for treatment, sometimes waiting weeks for transport, as the entire medical chain—from diagnostics to transport—collapses under energy restrictions. A nation once comparable to developed nations now grapples with a humanitarian health emergency. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/e02c51ca1fd97901