A 17-year-old Cuban teenager who suffers from chronic renal failure requested a humanitarian visa to be able to undergo a transplant, because in Cuba the only thing she has done is worsen her condition.
Yednay Pupo García is being treated in the nephrology room of the Centro Habana pediatric hospital, and has been receiving three hemodialysis sessions a week for 10 months.
“The fistula was implanted on December 16, 2022. After six catheters in various parts of the body, I started weighing 45 kilos and at the moment I weigh 34 kilos,” he explained in a text published in Facebook by his sister Yadnay Pupo García.
Yednay, who lives in the San Miguel del Padrón municipality of Havana, is only given a monthly diet of one kilo of beef, one of chicken and three of fish, and another of powdered milk.
The family is going through a difficult economic situation, the mother stopped working to take care of the sick woman, and the father works in the private sector.
“My snacks are not enough because I can’t eat anything and I can’t drink liquids. Many times we have to buy medicines through support groups and donors. I’m waiting to be stable (which is not possible here) because when it’s not a The other thing is. How can I not have high blood pressure? If I only eat bread and cookies, fruits don’t exist here,” he criticized.
The patient would like to apply for a humanitarian visa to receive adequate care in another country.
“My house is in unfavorable conditions. I had plans for a transplant, but due to the situation in the country, the operation cannot be performed. I do not want to die at the age of 23 or 24, I want to drink water again when I am thirsty, something as simple as that. Please, I need help now, I have written to various international channels but apparently as my topic is not political, nobody cares,” he concluded.
