The Vladimir Ilich Lenin Provincial Hospital of Holguín denied the occurrence of a femicide in one of its Surgery roomswhose case was reported last week by the independent Cuban Women’s Network.
According to a note published by the medical institution on its Facebook profile, “this is a chronic alcoholic patient who was admitted to the Surgery service with obstructive jaundice for study“, who “was accompanied the entire time by her husband with a similar background.”
The Hospital added that in the first 24 hours he presented an unfavorable evolution and in the morning hours While she was being assisted by her husband in the bathroom, she suffered a loss of consciousness. and she was immediately transferred to the central surgical unit and from there to the intensive care room where she died hours later “as a result of irreversible shock.”
The note, however, admitted that there was concern about a possible violent eventafter which the law enforcement agencies were contacted.
“Taking into account the patient’s background and the characteristics of her spouse and given the concern raised by a possible violent act, information was given to the Police and Legal Medicine. The necropsy was carried out by this specialized personnel in which No evidence of violence was found as a possible cause of death. and there were elements that confirmed that it was related to the pathology for which the patient was admitted,” Lenin Hospital said.
According to information published by the Women’s Network, now denied by the Holguin hospital, the deceased patient was identified as Elaine Laguna Figueredo. Patients and staff of the institution were cited in the human rights organization’s note and several elements coincided with official information. The gender observatories of Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba and the magazine Tense WingsHowever, they could not verify the case.
The official press does not usually report cases of feminicide. Before the lack of official information in the state media and the opacity of the institutions around the issuethe only statistics available are those kept by independent platforms, which are an under-record.
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