CubitaNOW Writing ~ Tuesday, August 1, 2023
An HIV-infected Cuban has denounced an influential man named Woody Cuban Sheriff, who has not had chicken-for-fish in three months and has a terrible diet, even though due to a chronic illness he needs good nutrition.
“For anyone who may be concerned: My name is Eric Alfonso Gonzalez Alarcon, I am 28 years old, I am a chronic retroviral patient and I am writing to you with great concern What happened to me and the thousands of patients with this disease,” he said in a letter sent publicly to influencers.
“The attention we’ve received is concerning, but I’m talking about food, medical diet and health officials.”
“A few years ago, the issue of contracting the disease in Cuba was completely controversial. The state started a mandate to provide specialized care for those of us with the disease, but over the years the care has deteriorated and I am not only talking about not only It’s about the health system, it’s about food and medical diets.”
“First, they started removing the modules they gave us, leaving only the medical diet in the supply book, which included powdered milk, fish and beef. For milk, which was so necessary for us, that diet almost completely disappeared because we Potent drugs were ingested, and most of us suffered, among other things, from ulcers and gastritis, caused by the deterioration of the organism caused by the drug and the disease.”
“They didn’t even leave us with a monthly bag of breakfast or snacks, but it was still listed in the supplies notebook as part of the diet because we knew we would never eat it again. In terms of substituting chicken for fish, we Some butchers have not received beef for three months, and the quality of the beef is very poor, covered with skin, and almost unusable.”
“All of this is very worrying. Many of us, like me, have no other financial input other than salary, and for me, salary is 3,610 pesos, plus electricity, water, gas, etc., not even enough Sustaining.” “I don’t have family in the foreign country to send me dollars so I can buy the food I need at the MLC store,” he concluded.
Some Cubans expressed regret over the condition of the sick and the medical diet. “I know your sickness is serious, but all the patients have taken it from us, no medicine or anything or money. I’m sure many sick and old people died due to lack of medicine, money and hunger. I fully support you .It’s unacceptable and I hope it gets fixed, but I don’t think so. God, until when?”
“Public health and food, among other endless problems, have been a disaster for this country. I’ve been waiting for prostate surgery for over four years and it never came.”
“Well, imagine that they don’t even sell condoms in pharmacies or give them to patients in doctors’ offices. Nurses sell them. Private individuals do own them. What does it matter to them? All. We Cubans are go through grief”.
“Unfortunately, we have no relatives abroad, and that is the reality of all Cubans. In this day and age, you can’t solve anything with a salary, and if you get sick, you’re screwed, excuse me, but I don’t think Cuba “This country is troubled by the condition of our sick, elderly, not to mention the condition of our children. Don’t expect solutions from any leader because I very much doubt they will give you solutions,” said a Cuban.