Las Tunas, Cuba.- "The resources we buy internationally, if it weren't for the US blockade, we could acquire them firsthand; but the reality is that third countries mediate. Logically, they are more expensive. That has greatly influenced all the equipment we use here in the ICU, which is expensive. For example, mechanical fans or the gasometry equipment, which measures all arterial gases in the body, have vital importance in the diagnosis and allow monitoring patients," said the head of the ICU, Dr. Adrián Hernández Carballo.
The specialist also talked about the multi-parameter monitors. He said that "despite the fact that we have them, some have difficulties due to the repair situation itself and the parts that are expensive in the market."
Hernández Carballo pays special attention to other equipment, which optimizes the quality of care of medical services in any Intensive Care Unit in the country.
"In the case of mechanical fans, almost all are produced in developed countries, such as the United States. We have some in our ICU and when they break, the parts, of course, are difficult to acquire; and not only because they come from that nation, but it is also impossible to buy them from third countries. I am also thinking of X-ray equipment, which also comes from Germany, a first world country, which has an agreement with the United States regarding the production of the parts, and its use is difficult for us," added the head of the UCI in Las Tunas main health institution.
Dr. Adrián distinguishes that intensive therapy, in any region of the world, is highly expensive for the patient. In Cuba, the hospitalized person does not pay anything, the State does.
He expresses that "It does not mean that we stop providing medical care as we should, on the contrary! But the blockade does make difficult for us to provide a better quality service to all patients."
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