‘We are dying’: Cuba sinks into a health crisis amid medicine shortages and misdiagnosis

‘We are dying’: Cuba sinks into a health crisis amid medicine shortages and misdiagnosis

Mercedes Interian is unable to hold a glass of water. If she tried, it would fall to the floor. The fever and vomiting are over, the diarrhea and headaches gone. Now that she is out of danger, what Mercedes fears most is that she will be forever stooped. Once a strong 57-year-old woman, these days she cannot take a step without leaning on a broomstick. “We are a hunchbacked people, scratching around for something to eat,” she says, her voice cho…