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Passages

(4,116 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:24 PM 7 hrs ago

Cuban Patients Are Dying Because of U.S. Blockade, Doctors Say

“Elsewhere in the hospital, doctors and nurses dashed to ventilators that were pumping air into the lungs of sick newborns. The machines’ battery systems died years ago, so health workers have to squeeze a rubber pump to keep the babies breathing until the generators start to work.

“With fuel running so short, the gas generators may be only a temporary savior. Nurses in the hospital’s neonatal unit said they already have plans for a fully powerless hospital: swaddle newborns in blankets and put them back into dead incubators, hoping they stay warm enough to survive.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/world/americas/cubas-health-system-us-oil-blockade.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Cuban Patients Are Dying Because of U.S. Blockade, Doctors Say (Original Post) Passages 7 hrs ago OP
Crimes against humanity... 2naSalit 7 hrs ago #1
An heroic move it would be. Passages 6 hrs ago #2

2naSalit

(102,660 posts)
1. Crimes against humanity...
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:37 PM
7 hrs ago

Would be nice if some other country could come and snatch him up and take him to The Hague.

Passages

(4,116 posts)
2. An heroic move it would be.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:39 PM
6 hrs ago

It would also bring a collective sigh of relief around the free world.

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