Niña con tumor no tiene cura en Cuba

ADN America

Niña con tumor no tiene cura en Cuba Giselita García Abreu, vecina de la calle Santa Hortensia #8 en Mantilla, La Habana,  tiene una hija con un tumor en la columna. García Abreu contó a ADN Cuba que los médicos le han dicho que su hija no tiene cura. Denunció además que no tiene medicamentos para tratar su enfermedad y que viven en una casa en malas condiciones. Denuncia ciudadana.

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00:00When I saw the address, they told me that I couldn't work.

00:05At this moment, they have nothing, no checkers, no food, nothing.

00:09And this is Norilis in Cajalaca.

00:11I applied for social work and they told me that they were going to help me, but for nothing.

00:15How is your house?

00:16Super bad.

00:17A small room that is getting wet.

00:19Little girl, come here.

00:20From Colmenita.

00:23Look, little friend from Colmenita.

00:26Hasn't she been in Colmenita for two years?

00:28No.

00:28Why?

00:29She got sick and they couldn't operate on her.

00:32They operated on her?

00:33If she gets surgery, she can die.

00:35Ah, they couldn't operate on her. What was the surgery?

00:39A tumor in the spine.

00:40A tumor in the spine?

00:41So, at this moment, she is sick?

00:44Yes.

00:45And what medication does she take?

00:47At this moment, nothing. They took away the checkers.

00:49Bring the child here.

00:51The checkers were taken away.

00:53Grandma, come here.

00:55You are the mother and the checkers were taken away?

00:57Yes.

00:59More than five years ago, they took them away.

01:03Why did they take away the checkers?

01:05For medication.

01:06And what do you say, grandma?

01:08It's the same.

01:09Now they can take away the checkers so they can operate on her.

01:13I have to take care of the child.

01:14So, you don't get any help?

01:16Nothing.

01:17The little girl?

01:17They take her outside and they take her here.

01:19And the directors?

01:21Have you approached the direction of Colmenita?

01:23Have you called the police?

01:24No, no, no.

01:25When you are on the floor of Colmenita, they take her away.

01:29And after the operation, she can't go to school.

01:32She finished school and studied.

01:34She studied what she studied.

01:36She went to school in Panama.

01:38The children she has have a problem.

01:40Yes.

01:41And they couldn't operate on her?

01:43They couldn't operate on her.

01:45She had to go to the hospital.

01:47The director of the hospital couldn't operate on her.

01:51She has to die with the tumor?

01:52Yes.

01:53Until God wants it.

01:57Was it the diagnosis they gave you?

01:58The doctor.

02:00Do you know the name of the doctor?

02:02No.

02:03The director of the hospital is called...

02:05What's his name?

02:07He is called...

02:09But he didn't come in, did he?

02:11He came in a few days ago.

02:12How long did he come in?

02:14He came in about 15 days ago.

02:16They took away the checkers and everything.

02:18And they said they couldn't operate on her.

02:20Now she has nothing.

02:22No checkers, no food, no pay, nothing.

02:26She has no money, no house, nothing.

02:28I applied for social work and they told me

02:30they were going to help me, but for nothing.

02:32Even a Cuban woman came.

02:34Where did she go?

02:36A Cuban woman from Arroyo.

02:38She went everywhere.

02:40Everywhere.

02:42And the answer is no.

02:44Negative.

02:46Negative.

02:48What medicine do you have for the tumor?

02:51Nothing.

02:53Paracetamol for when she has pain.

02:55Paracetamol for when she has pain?

02:57Yes, when it hurts.

02:59Paracetamol for when she has pain.

03:01Paracetamol for when she has pain.

03:03Paracetamol for when she has pain.

03:05So you have to go to the church

03:07to get the medicine.

03:09And where do you live?

03:11In Mantilla, I live in Mantilla.

03:13I live at the Podiclinico Mantilla,

03:15in front of the church number 8,

03:17in Santa Jovia.

03:19My name is Estelita Garcia Abreu.

03:21And your address?

03:23It's the same address.

03:25Tell her.

03:27Santa Jovia, number 8.

03:29Look,

03:31the girl can't receive

03:33the surgery

03:35because they told her

03:37as you heard

03:39that she has to be sent home to die

03:41because there is

03:43no cure

03:45for her illness.

03:48They didn't give her any medicine

03:50or anything.

03:52No one is going to help her at home?

03:54No one is going to help her.

03:56How long was she in the prison?

03:58As long as she was at school.

04:00At school.

04:02I traveled a lot.

04:04Three or four years.

04:06And she traveled?

04:08Now that I'm in Panama.

04:10Did you take her with you to travel?

04:12No, because I was giving birth

04:14to the girl when she was...

04:17Look, family,

04:19she needs

04:21a medical report

04:23because she has to be operated on

04:25because she has cancer.

04:27She can't die.

04:29She has a tumor.

04:31A tumor.

04:33Did you go to the government?

04:35Yes.

04:37And what did they tell you?

04:39They told us to come and help

04:41because there is no treatment for the girl.

04:43They created a book

04:45How long ago

04:47did you go to the government?

04:49About a month ago.

04:51In so many years,

04:53did you go to the government once?

04:55Yes.

04:57It must have been hard.

04:59The answer was?

05:01I'm going to see if the government

05:03wants to help me with the girl.

05:05Ok, thank you very much.

05:07Look, family,

05:09the situation.

05:11And what are her living conditions?

05:14Very bad.

05:16How is her house?

05:18Very bad.

05:20A small room that is getting wet.

05:22And the roof is falling?

05:24There is no one to come to my house

05:26to help me with food

05:28or to tell me

05:30what to do.

05:32A small room

05:34and the roof is bad.

05:36I have five children.

05:38And the roof is bad?

05:40Yes, it's falling.

05:42They need help.

05:44They have precarious needs.

05:46They have families.

05:48They need help,

05:50if someone can help them.

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