Cuban Doctors Face Blackouts

2026-03-26 - 23:21

CUBA – Cuba’s healthcare system is facing growing strain as economic challenges ripple through hospitals and clinics. Officials say nearly 100,000 people are now waiting for surgery including around 11,000 children... with delays expected to worsen. Shortages of key supplies including oxygen and anesthesia are forcing hospitals to postpone hundreds of procedures each week. Doctors and nurses are also dealing with power outages medicine shortages and low wages driving many to leave the profession or migrate abroad. Authorities point to U.S. sanctions and fuel shortages as major factors while critics say the country’s broader economic crisis is pushing the healthcare system to the brink.