The 47-year-old Chema Cid couple from Extremadura, who have been hospitalized in Puerto Rico for a month and a half, have started a crowdfunding campaign, or fundraising via the Internet, to try to raise money to pay for a medical flight back to Spain. Ana Heredia explained that she took this step “before the politicians didn’t act” and that “she said the insurance we buy on the road doesn’t take into account any of these issues.” “Please help him shift ,” urged the woman from Extremadura, who, like her partner, was born and lives in Mérida.
The pair traveled to Miami in late May, where they stayed for two weeks, where they met with representatives of a company in the biolaser industry that offered him a job as a maintenance technician in Puerto Rico. They traveled to the latter country after a stay in Miami, and just a day after the island, the man from Extremadura suffered a heart attack. Anna was found without a pulse in the apartment where they lived, and after performing CPR on him, she called 911.
Ana Heredia laments ‘inaction of politicians’ after her travel insurance refuses to cover them
The health department took Cid to Federico Trilla Hospital, where he had been hospitalized for 46 days. During that time, his health suffered various setbacks, including pneumonia associated with multidrug-resistant bacteria sometimes found in operating rooms. While his partner is “very grateful” to the staff of Federico Trilla, who is based in the Carolinas about a 35-minute drive from Puerto Rico’s capital, San Juan, he assured that “Chema’s life was spent on a medical plane.”
“His situation is absolutely critical,” concluded Heredia, who in recent days has spoken on social networks to various Spanish governments and institutions, from embassies or consulates in Puerto Rico to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation or the Crown. So far, none of these calls for help have provided West Germany with a plane to take him to Spain.
Heredia, who is staying with her partner in Puerto Rico, explained that she “needs to return to Spain as soon as possible”. “First, he thought, so that they could repeat all the tests in the hospital and have access to expertise not so developed in Puerto Rico. Then, receive treatment in specific centers for patients with neurological injuries».