Información sobre la salud del Sátrapa cubano.

Fidel Castro, (el "caballo") no parece estar muerto, aunque aún aquí nadie sabe mucho, por no decirte que nada.
Lo que si te puedo decir que es cierto es que el día 12 de Julio su servicio quirúrgico se puso en funciones de 'urgencia' y ahora se que fue una complicación que no se esperaba, una Peritonitis fecal secundaria a una perforación libre.
Se le hizo reanimación cardiovascular inmediata, se colocó fluido endovenoso en grandes dosis y se realizó una traqueotomía inmediata.
En esas condiciones pasó al Salón de Operaciones, donde se le practicó una nueva cirugía, la sexta o la séptima (eso no lo tengo muy claro). Básicamente se le hizo un lavado exhaustivo de la cavidad abdominal y se le colocaron drenajes.
Ten mucho cuidado con esta información, porque por muy HP que sea, tú sabes que nadie se merece que lo crucifiquen. Tú sabes a qué me refiero. Cuídate por allá y no des mucho la luz, pero es lo que hay. De ahí la cosa sale casi exacta. Mi gente (la tuya) te mandan abrazos.
Se incluye como información recibida mediante correo electrónico. No se precisa la fuente, como es de suponer.
El Editor.

Odisea en un Hospital en la Habana, Cuba.

Odisea en hospital habanero
Leonel Alberto Pérez Belette. *
LA HABANA, agosto 2007 - Dolores Zaida de la Caridad Rodríguez Camejo es una anciana de 84 años a quien el resto de los feligreses de la comunidad católica Santa Catalina (Perpetuo Socorro), situada en el capitalino barrio Nuevo Vedado, apodan Lula. Ella sufre una doble odisea por estos días. Es la vecina del vicepresidente del Consejo de Estado y de Ministros, Carlos Lage, y yace en pésimas condiciones en una cama de hospital.
Lula sufrió un infarto cerebral agravado por una bronconeumonía. Su estado se reporta como muy grave; sin embargo, fue colocada en una sala común del hospital Clínico Quirúrgico de la calle 26 sin ningún tipo de de cuidados intensivos u otra atención especializada.
El hospital se encuentra actualmente en reparaciones, pero esto no justifica las vicisitudes por las que está atravesando la anciana, de cuyo cuidado se ha encargado un hermano de 76 años ayudado por miembros de su parroquia.
En el Hospital, Lula permaneció sin más ropa que una toalla, hasta que los miembros de la parroquia acudieron en su ayuda. En la sala donde se encuentra no hay agujas para canalizar las venas y el esfigmómetro para tomarle la presión arterial pertenece a la paciente. El enfermero, que atendía sin ayuda la sala con 40 pacientes, permaneció más de 48 horas de guardia por falta de relevo.
A todo lo anterior hay que adicionar la falta de agua, higiene, electricidad y otros insumos. Los médicos dijeron que al menos los medicamentos estaban garantizados.
Hace unos días Lula y su hermano se enfrentaron a Carlos Lage, su familia y otros generales, que querían sacarlos de su vivienda. En el día de su cumpleaños la anciana fue visitada por el alto mandatario y su esposa, quienes le dijeron que le iban a dar a escoger otra casa en la zona, porque necesitaban su vivienda para instalar un puesto de mando.
Ante la negativa de Dolores la familia de Carlos Lage le retiró la palabra. Su hermano dijo que es asombroso que ni siquiera recibiera una visita o una llamada de cortesía en el hospital de parte de sus vecinos.
Dolores permanece en el hospital y hoy, casi una semana después, un grupo de médicos se iba a reunir para analizar si era factible hacerle pruebas para esclarecer el diagnostico y posible tratamiento en caso de mejoría.
Entre los parroquianos que acudieron a socorrer a la paciente se encuentra la hermana católica de Fidel y Raúl Castro, Agustina Castro Ruz, miembro de esa comunidad desde hace muchos años, entre otros familiares de altos funcionarios que residen en este barrio. También la ex-esposa del General Rafael Del Pino (exiliado en los Estados Unidos). En especial, Agustina Castro salió muy dolida y visiblemente deprimida del recinto hospitalario.
Lula no es la única víctima de las ineficiencias y contradicciones de los centros hospitalarios cubanos. Casos similares se repiten diariamente en todo el país. Uno de los trabajadores del hospital dijo que además de que frecuentemente carecen de instrumentos y productos esenciales para trabajar, también existe un serio descontrol, acaparamiento y robo de materiales por parte de los empleados.
La iglesia católica, al igual que otras denominaciones, asumen parte del cuidado de los enfermos, sin importar quiénes son; aunque reconocen que ellos no son parte del Ministerio de Salud Pública, sobre el cual debe recaer esta responsabilidad. En Cuba se gradúan cada año cientos de médicos, personal de salud pública y trabajadores sociales, que pudieran destinarse a estas tareas. Estos graduados son empleados en funciones de carácter político, relacionadas con la llamada "batalla de Ideas" que desarrolla el régimen, o enviados a servir en el extranjero.
Resulta inexplicable que la propaganda oficialista hable de los adelantos en el sector de la salud y los logros de las misiones médicas cubanas en el extranjero, mientras en el territorio nacional la realidad dista mucho de la propaganda.
A los dirigentes no suelen atenderse en los hospitales donde se atiende el pueblo, sino en clínicas reservadas para ellos y sus familiares.
Foto: Sala de Emergencias del Hospital Clinico Quirurgico "Joaquin Albarran".

*Periodista independiente cubano.

Médicos del Hospital Materno Infantil 10 de Octubre implicados directamente en la brutal respuesta contra el Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet.

Por:Porfín Libre González.
Doctora Norma Silva Leal, alias "Doña Barbara"
Esta señora que usted ve en esta foto, con su bata de doctora, leyendo una revista médica, es la Doctora Norma Silva Leal, una de los cuatro doctores que chivatearon y golpearon al Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet, el 24 de febrero de 1998, cuando Biscet valientemente a arengó a sus colegas de Medicina Interna del Hospital Infantil "10 de Octubre", diciendo:¡ No al aborto! ¡ No a la pena de Muerte! y ¡ Si al derecho a la Vida!.
Gracias al forista que se firma como Porfín Libre González, participante en el Foro hermano de este diario "Secretos de Cuba", hemos conocido los nombres de esos canallas, que irremediablemente tendrán que responder ante la justicia y la historia por su innoble conducta. Son ellos:

Médicos del hospital materno infantil 10 de Octubre implicados directamente en la brutal respuesta contra el Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet:
1. Dra. Norma Silva Leal. Especialidad: Ginecología y Obstetricia. Secretaria General del PCC del hospital. De larga trayectoria en las filas del PCC, ejerció durante años en el hospital Vladimir I. Lenin en la provincia de Holguín. Cuadro destacado se ha mantenido durante décadas al frente de la militancia comunista en el Hospital Materno Infantil 10 de Octubre, donde maneja los hilos de la dirección administrativa y docente. Entre el personal de la institución se le nombra por el mote de Doña Bárbara, por su habitual mal carácter y su tendencia a las amenazas ante la menor negativa a una orientación suya. Reside en la Ciudad de La Habana en el Municipio Boyeros, en una lujosa residencia del reparto Altahabana.
2. Dr. Julio Pérez García. Especialidad: Ginecología y Obstetricia. Ha ocupado también la dirección del PCC en el hospital Hijas de Galicia. Ha ocupado cargos del Partido a nivel del municipio 10 de Octubre. Reside en Lawton, Municipio 10 de Octubre.
3. Dr. Jesús Guzmán. Especialidad: Ginecología y Obstetricia. Militante del PCC. Protegido de la Dra. Norma Silva Leal mantiene una lealtad incondicional hacia la dirigente partidista. Natural de Bejucal. Actualmente reside en Ciudad Habana.
4. Dra. Laura Fernández Fernández. Especialidad: Pediatría. Militante del PCC. Directora del hospital en el momento de los sucesos ejecutó la resolución donde se expulsaba al Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet del Sistema Nacional de Salud privándole de la posibilidad de ejercer su profesión en territorio cubano.
Algún día la Patria se encargará de colocar en el sitio de los indignos a quienes sirvieron de instrumento a la tiranía para reprimir a un luchador por la libertad. Como también la madre tierra cubana y los patriotas colocarán al Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet en el sitial de honor de los hijos nobles de la Patria.
Nuevo Acción, cumpliendo su pacto de hermandad con los hermanos de Secretos de Cuba, le regalamos a Porfín Libre González la foto de quien indignamente, rompiendo el juramento hipocrático, asesina a niños nonnatos y sirve a un régimen que representa la muerte, para que ilustre su magnífico post. Y a los encargados de los Archivos del Centro de Documentación de Crímenes del Castrismo, les ofrecemos otra pieza más de evidencia, para el próximo futuro, cuando llegue la hora de que cada cual responda por sus actos.
Nota del Editor: Esta información ha aparecido en la eficaz página de Internet: Nuevo Acción. Pero recordamos y nos complace que la foto fuera editada y utilizada en nuestro Blog hace algún tiempo. Y es que recordamos a la Dra. Norma Silva Leal, conocida en los círculos médicos de Cuba como, “Doña Bárbara”. Su esposo el esbirro-doctor, Avilio Yera Padrón, fue durante algún tiempo Director de Salud en Holguín y Director del Hospital “Julio Trigo López”. Dos miserables sicarios unidos en matrimonio.

THE SICKO DOCUMENTARY IS BANNED IN CUBA.

By: Dr. Darsi Ferrer.*
Havana, August 6, 2007.-There is no doubt that the Cuban authorities will not allow the Cuban people the possibility of watching this documentary by Michael Moore, a leading movie producer and ideological ally of the Cuban regime.
Although it might look contradictory, the propaganda used in the film to discredit the USA health system while trying to highlight the excellence of the Cuban health system, turned out to be considered “subversive” by the Cuban regime. It so happens that he based his arguments on gross lies that do not represent at all the Cuban health drama.
It is well known over the world that Fidel Castro went to look for a Spanish doctor when he had a health crisis. A few years ago the Under Secretary of Health, Abelardo Ramirez, went to France for medical treatment where he underwent surgery for a gastric cancer that eventually took his life. In the same manner, the neurosurgeon Domingo, a doctor who is part of Fidel Castro’s personal medical team and Chief of the CIMEQ Hospital, went to England to avail himself of Ophthalmologic services for surgical treatment for his eyes problems, periodically returning there for checkups.
How come that those who are part of the top echelon of the government, having access to all the privileges and resources the country offers to them, when their own health problems are at stake they show little or no confidence in the “competent revolutionary medicine”.
The Cuban health system can be described with one word: Chaos. The majority of the installations are in ruins, with continued great physical deterioration coupled with disastrous operating conditions. In contrast, the exclusive medical institutions, reserved for foreigners with hard currency, members of the “ruling elite” and the high ranking military personnel offer excellent medical services. These institutions are: International Clinic “Cira Garcia”, International Clinic of Retinosis Pigmentosa, International Center for Neurological Restoration (CIREN), Center for Medical Chirurgical Investigations (CIMEQ), Koly Clinic and the best (exclusive) floors of the “Almeijeiras” and “Frank Pais” hospitals, among others. In these centers, to which the access is denied to the Cuban people except the above mentioned, the medical staff is highly qualified with a superb professional status, conditions are optimum, the hygiene is adequate, there is cable television, piped music and they are well equipped and have all the necessary resources.
There is within the health system what the regime falsely calls “international missions” which is the only possibility for the health staff to obtain a few dollars to satisfy some of the pressing daily life necessities required to survive in the country But, there is always a catch under the Cuban regime, the “internationalists”, as they are called, are exploited as cheap labor and are forced to participate in the psychological manipulation of the people of the countries they are sent to because “their real mission” is to propagate the Marxist-Leninist totalitarian model.
Those who have read our previous article on this subject are familiar with the details of disastrous Cuban health system. However, we should add that the main problem facing that system is the lack of motivation among the health professional because they unable to satisfy the minimum life necessities with the meager salaries they receive. This situation generates a high level of iatrogenic ailments (ailment generated or induced by the physician’s manner of handling or discussing a case), deficiencies and negligence in the daily provision of medical services.
Another important factor contributing to damper the motivation of the health professional is the number of limitations imposed on them for their professional development. They are denied access to the internet and free participation in international courses and events. Up to date medical literature and opportunities to keep up to date with the scientific advances worldwide are not there at all.
As a matter of fact, thousands of physicians and other health professionals who have the aspiration of professional development and growth have been waiting for years to be “liberated” lo leave the country. Many of them are held in akin to hostage conditions and many of them, with their relatives out of the country, suffer the trauma of being separated from them.
In conclusion, it does not surprise anybody in Cuba, that Michael Moore would choose the “Almeijeiras” Hospital to demonstrate the excellence of the Cuban Health System. The explanation is simple: none of the ruinous hospitals available to the Cuban people could have been used to film his ill intentioned documentary. And, of course, the tyranny can not afford to have the people see this documentary showing what everybody knows is not the reality of the Cuban health system, one of several show places where the average Cuban citizen is denied access. For this reason the documentary is banned in Cuba.
* Director of Health & Human Rights Center “Juan Bruno Zayas” .Havana, Cuba

A Cuban - Venezuela prescription.

The Venezuelan patients who use the "misiones," setup by Hugo Chávez with Cuban doctors, who are imported from Cuba in exchange for oil, get their medical instructions and their prescriptions written on papers with the photos of the two dictators in the background.
I am sure that many people, who went to the "Mision Milagro" feeling sick, would get even sicker when they opened their prescriptions and saw these two characters looking at them.
One thing is for sure, these two dictators are a prescription for disaster for Cuba and for Venezuela.
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The fight for physician freedom.

July 10, 2007 Carol Hilton
In some countries, health-care workers are persecuted for helping others, especially in fights for human rights. Doctor members of Amnesty International are there to help
Almost every issue of the Medical Post includes an inspiring story of doctors using their skills and compassion to help fellow human beings in need. Our contributors have traveled to remote areas of China to offer life-altering surgeries to repair cleft palates, launched a school breakfast program for children in rural Bolivia, and served as an HIV educator in Ivory Coast with Médecines Sans Frontières, to name just a few.
Toronto psychiatrist Dr. Don Payne serves as the national volunteer co-coordinator for Amnesty International Canada's Medical Network.
These efforts are celebrated, as they should be. But, on the flipside, can you imagine being persecuted for treating victims of torture? Or having your own government harass you for daring to suggest improvements to a hospital clinic? Or losing your job and having your family threatened for being a peaceful advocate for freedom of speech?
These are realities faced by physicians around the world, as they are not only morally obliged to provide care but are also among the most educated members of society and natural leaders. That has led physicians and other health-care providers here to take advantage of their freedom to support colleagues and protest these actions through Amnesty International Canada’s Medical Network.
“The mandate is to work within Amnesty International and its concerns, but we have a special interest in issues related to health care and health-care workers,” explains Dr. Don Payne, a Toronto psychiatrist who serves as the network’s national volunteer co-coordinator. “We deal with health-care workers who are detained or harassed because of the work they do, especially work on human rights. We’re also involved with health conditions in prisons, issues such as torture and opposition to the death penalty, and certain other issues that come up, such as punitive amputations.”
Dr. Payne was one of the first members to join AI’s Canadian Medical Network in the late 1970s, when Drs. Philip Berger and Federico Allodi sent out an announcement seeking interested parties. Today there are 120 members across Canada, made up mostly of physicians (60%) but also including nurses (20%) and other health-care workers (20%).
An interest in world events, different cultures and human rights made volunteering for this group a good fit for Dr. Payne, he says. One of the first cases the group worked on had particular significance for him since it involved a physician in his field.
“I think the people you admire are those who stand up for their principles no matter what,” he says. Back in the early days of the medical network, Dr. Anatoly Koryagin from the then U.S.S.R. was one of the first cases upon which the group acted.
“During a time with a great abuse of psychiatry in the U.S.S.R., dissidents were often put in hospitals and given large doses of medication to keep them quiet. Dr. Koryagin was one of the people who stood up very strongly against that, and in 1981 he was detained and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment. He was finally released after a lot of political pressure in 1987.”
Another case that struck a chord with Dr. Payne was that of Dr. Fanny Pollarolo in Chile. Like several other psychiatrists, Dr. Pollarolo was banished to a remote village without a trial for having treated victims of torture under the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet during the mid-1980s. But she was not defeated; she set up a new psychiatric treatment program in the village.
Cases of physicians and other health-care workers who are threatened or abused continue to emerge every year, and are varied and numerous. Dr. Payne notes that for Amnesty to get involved in a campaign, the organization must be able to get reliable information from the country. He says very little information trickles out of countries such as North Korea, and even when doctors were arrested after a protest in Syria in 1990, Amnesty could not obtain details on those who were detained, making it impossible to take action.
On the other hand, the group has acted on several cases in Turkey, where people working in torture treatment centers have been harassed, and doctors have been pressured to sign false death certificates after prisoners in detention died because of the torture they experienced. Another situation involved members of the executive medical association being charged for actively opposing the use of the death penalty in Turkey, with the government stating that is not within the doctors’ mandate and they should just do their work and not interfere with the politics of the country, Dr. Payne says.
“But just because there are more actions on Turkey compared with other countries doesn’t mean Turkey’s worse than other countries,” Dr. Payne continues. “There may be more actions in countries where there is more information available, or more reliable information, so there’s more for AI to act on, and Turkey is one of those countries.”
A Cuban physician living in exile in the United States says individuals can make a big difference just by showing their support to colleagues suffering discrimination and abuses elsewhere under oppressive regimes. Dr. Eloy A. Gonzalez fled his home in 1999 with his family as a political refugee, after his work as an oncologist was halted and his family harassed due to his involvement with peaceful protests and the Independent Medical School of Cuba, an organization founded in the early 1990s that promotes the development of medical work in the country without interferences of a political nature. (Dr. Gonzalez was not the subject of an Amnesty campaign.)
In an e-mail interview translated from Spanish from his new home in Fort Worth, Texas, Dr. Gonzalez explains that the Cuban government does not permit freedom of association and targets the members of this medical group. He says Castro’s communist regime holds up health care as a jewel in its crown, so any criticism of the system is not tolerated.
“The Cuban Revolution took control of the prestige of the Cuban medical class . . . since from Cuba’s foundation as a nation it has been associated with two personages who reflect power: the generals and the doctors. . . . In spite of diminishing the image of the doctor and to reduce it to a health supplier, in spite of time passed, the doctor continues to be a profession admired and wanted by the rest of the population. The regime does not want to see them in opposition.”
Dr. Gonzalez now runs a blog, Medicina Cubana (http://medicinacubana.blogspot.com/) where he reports on human rights abuses perpetrated on members of the medical profession in Cuba. In one entry on his blog, he describes the case of Dr. Marcelo Cano Rodriguez, who was prosecuted in part for maintaining ties to humanitarian groups such as Médecins Sans Frontières. The police declared Dr. Rodriguez was seeking support in the form of medicine, clothing and books with the intention “to destabilize the Ministry of Public Health and to undermine the existing social system in Cuba,” Dr. Gonzalez explains.
“My medical colleagues in Canada and other places of the world, I would ask them to show a noble action of solidarity and honour these Cuban doctors who today serve prolonged and unjust sentences (perpetrated by) an incorrigible dictatorship. . . . I want to express my gratefulness to the Medical Post for the opportunity to present the reality faced by Cuban doctors today.”
Dr. Payne says it’s easy in Canada to do human rights work and respond to abuses documented in other areas of the world. “It’s hard to appreciate the freedom we have in Canada when that’s not present in many other countries where you don’t dare to say anything against the government publicly.”
Looking back, Dr. Payne recalls one highlight where he was able to meet an individual who was the subject of an Amnesty appeal. The Medical Network had appealed on the behalf of four doctors imprisoned in northern Somalia in 1985 and 1986, who were arrested for belonging to an organization called Ragga U Dhashay Magaaladda, a group that did volunteer community projects, including one to improve conditions at an eye clinic (reported in the Medical Post, Feb. 11, 1986). The government claimed it was an illegal, subversive political group involved in spreading anti-state propaganda, and the doctors were sentenced to 20 years in jail for their involvement. “It was a special occasion for me to meet one of the doctors at a workshop organized in Washington in June 1991 by the National Academy of Sciences to mark their release, and to show him a copy of the Medical Post article.”
Physicians interested in getting involved with Amnesty International Canada’s Medical Network can do so with a minimal commitment. The group tackles specific issues and asks members to write letters, which Dr. Payne says can be done in just a half-hour per month. He adds that while many of the group’s members are in Toronto, there are also a number of members in small communities across Canada, as it are work that can be done anywhere.
“Physicians are usually busy, so they don’t like going to a lot of meetings,” Dr. Payne says. “They prefer specific work: ‘Tell me what to do, where I can be helpful, and let me go ahead and be helpful.’ Our network is geared to that.”