Activist: 20 patients at Havana Psychiatric Hospital died in cold
source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/15/1426342/activist-20-patients-at-havana.html
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A human rights activist said at least 20 patients at the Havana Psychiatric Hospital died from hypothermia when temperatures dropped.
BY JUAN O. TAMAYO
JTAMAYO@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM
At least 20 patients in a Cuban mental hospital died from hypothermia during the cold snap this week, said human rights activist Elizardo Sánchez, who branded it a case of ``criminal negligence by a government characterized by its general inefficiency.''
Sánchez said Thursday he had reliable reports of 20 deaths, but that some doctors had told him the real number of deaths at the hospital, popularly known as Mazorra, was 24 or 26.
Cuban authorities have made no public comment on the case, Sánchez said, but some hospital staffers have reportedly been detained. ``It looks like they want to blame some doctors or paramedics,'' he added.
The deaths occurred overnight from Monday to Tuesday, when the temperatures near the Havana Psychiatric Hospital dropped to 38.6 degrees, a bitter cold for tropical Cuba, said Sánchez, who heads the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation. Continious.........
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/15/1426342/activist-20-patients-at-havana.htm...
The article does not contain photos, because we are talking about Cuba, but some made it out of Cuba recently......You can see them here................ http://www.penultimosdias.com/2010/03/02/los-muertos-de-mazorra/comment-page-1/#...
They are disturbing and shameful. I am so sad for Cuba. This hospital is also used for torture of the opposition. I have a cousin who was tortured with electroshock.
BY JUAN O. TAMAYO
JTAMAYO@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM
At least 20 patients in a Cuban mental hospital died from hypothermia during the cold snap this week, said human rights activist Elizardo Sánchez, who branded it a case of ``criminal negligence by a government characterized by its general inefficiency.''
Sánchez said Thursday he had reliable reports of 20 deaths, but that some doctors had told him the real number of deaths at the hospital, popularly known as Mazorra, was 24 or 26.
Cuban authorities have made no public comment on the case, Sánchez said, but some hospital staffers have reportedly been detained. ``It looks like they want to blame some doctors or paramedics,'' he added.
The deaths occurred overnight from Monday to Tuesday, when the temperatures near the Havana Psychiatric Hospital dropped to 38.6 degrees, a bitter cold for tropical Cuba, said Sánchez, who heads the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation. Continious.........
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/15/1426342/activist-20-patients-at-havana.htm...
The article does not contain photos, because we are talking about Cuba, but some made it out of Cuba recently......You can see them here................ http://www.penultimosdias.com/2010/03/02/los-muertos-de-mazorra/comment-page-1/#...
They are disturbing and shameful. I am so sad for Cuba. This hospital is also used for torture of the opposition. I have a cousin who was tortured with electroshock.
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