Havana, July 10, 2026 (AFP) - Cuban lives cut short as health system flatlines

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2026-07-10

Rosa Valentina Perez has been lying in a bed in Cuba's main cancer clinic for nearly three weeks, waiting for a CT scan to diagnose loss of mobility in her legs. Perez underwent surgery for breast cancer two years ago. She urgently needs a scan to know whether the cancer has spread to her spine, but the only working CT scanner in Havana is at the city's neurology hospital -- and the waitlist there is long. "You can't imagine what it's like to ha......

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