Despite the investments made by the State, the state of hospitals in Cuba suffer due to the \u201cnegligence\u201d and \u201clack of discipline\u201d which is reflected in the \u201cdepredation\u201d of materials and frequent hygiene problems due to the obstruction of pipes and the bad management of food waste, the daily Granma published.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe quality of hospital care depends, to a great extent, on the infrastructure, but negligence and lack of discipline can mar the efforts made in relation to this,\u201d the Cuban publication pointed out about \u201ca phenomenon that is unfortunately recurrent in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
The windows, pipes, bathroom and electrical fixtures are the object of thefts and other types of indiscipline in hospitals like the Luc\u00eda \u00cd\u00f1iguez Land\u00edn of the province of Holgu\u00edn, used as an example in the article.<\/p>\n
The recent million pesos\u2019 worth of investments to improve this center \u201care marred by the lack of social discipline and vulgar criminal acts that undermine the good march of the hospital and lead to the use of additional sums of money,\u201d the hospital\u2019s director, Luis Manuel Garc\u00eda, said.<\/p>\n
In late 2016, \u201cfaucets and parts of the bathroom sinks, shower heads, lights and sockets, a great deal of them stolen by unscrupulous persons,\u201d had to be replaced, said the administrative assistant director, Salvador Copping del Toro.<\/p>\n
The \u201cdepredation\u201d even affected the large windows, whose theft \u201csuggests premeditated actions by the criminals, with the use of tools and the detailed study of the sites and entrance and exit routes,\u201d Granma affirms.<\/p>\n
For lack of night guards, the hospital has installed security cameras and iron fences in some accesses, eliminating for the time being the theft of the glass windows.<\/p>\n
However, patients and companions cited in the feature article suggest that the authors of the thefts are the hospital personnel, \u201csome of whom could have found a way to profit.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to the thefts there are hygiene problems due to bad practices like \u201cthrowing leftovers and other wastes\u201d in the bathroom sinks and toilets, which creates clogging in the pipes, from which the hospital personnel have even extracted bones, rags, gauze, plastics and paper.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe obstructions in the drainage system give rise to the suspension of the supply of water, which in turn affects the patients\u2019 personal hygiene and the general functioning of the center,\u201d the daily adds.<\/p>\n
Wastes and leftovers are also thrown out the windows, clogging the draining systems of the lower floors, causing leaks and filtrations inside the hospital.<\/p>\n
Due to this situation, the hospital is assessing the elimination of the permits currently given to patients\u2019 companions to enter the health center with food.<\/p>\n
To this is added the lack of a system to collect the remains of food by the hospital, something that always \u201caffects\u201d the hygiene of the wards: \u201cthe personnel that serves the food to the patients is the one that picks up the leftovers as part of their own initiative, obviously to feed animals,\u201d the article affirms.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe changes will definitively come with the strong popular response, geared at reestablishing the care and conservation of the locales and the means of the center,\u201d Granma added.<\/p>\n
In Cuba, the healthcare system is universal and free, which is considered one of the principal achievements of the Cuban Revolution together with the island\u2019s educational system.<\/p>\n
However, the bad state of the medical installations has recurrently been the object of criticisms by the Cubans, in addition to other difficulties like the lack of medicines in the last year, a problem that has been recognized by the authorities.<\/p>\n
EFE \/ OnCuba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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