Young Cuban woman dies of dengue after alleged medical negligence

Known as a young Cuban woman Aranelis Fonseca Costa He died as a result of dengue after alleged medical negligence, his relatives reported.

The victim was hospitalized for several days in the ward for patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever, and died on January 7, reported on the Facebook profile “La Petrona Ana”, a person close to the family, who is a native of Bayamo.

According to this profile, the girl was treated by inexperienced doctors and after 20 days of hospitalization they found that she had hemorrhagic dengue and her hemoglobin level was 5.

During the period of hospitalization, the patient was left in a ward without receiving a clear diagnosis and the family had to procure medicines on their own due to their lack in the hospital, the release clarifies.

He says medical professionals failed to recognize the disease in time and surprisingly, only after 20 days, they learned that the girl had a common infection, which they attributed to dengue.

The patient’s hemoglobin was at a critical level, but the mother – who is a Jehovah’s Witness – would have refused to allow the girl a blood transfusion, a decision doctors would have criticized and are now using in her defense, the doctor noted. Citing a Facebook profile.

The woman also launched harsh criticism of ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel, accusing him of guaranteeing her family’s medicine while the island’s population remained unattended.

For his part, a relative of the victim, known as Yisel Fonseca on Facebook, added that Fonseca Costa’s early departure has left a huge void in the family.

Complaints for allegations Medical negligence They have often occurred in Cuba in the heat of the deterioration of the health system in general, which functions poorly between the flights of doctors, and the lack of essential supplies and drugs to establish emergency treatment and diagnosis.

In November, a Cuban mother reported the death of her son due to the negligence of doctors in Las Tunas. Due to which the young man died An ulcer that was not operated on

Because doctors diagnosed gastritis.

In October, Cuban Yanis Guevara, who denounced him Lack of ambulance To take care of his ailing father, he reports the old man’s death.