Health workers threatened if outbreak information leaks

Health workers threatened if outbreak information leaks

MORON, Cuba - September 26 (Abel Escobar Ramírez / www.cubanet.org) -
Workers at the Morón General Hospital in Ciego de Ávila province say
they have been warned that should any of them leak any information about
the current outbreak of dengue fever they will lose their jobs without
any right to appeal.

One worker who asked not to be named said the different departments in
the facility have been informed that should any information leak out to
radio stations or web pages abroad, the informants will be fired because
this information, according to hospital administrators, "is used by the
enemy to overthrow the Revolution."

The worker said that in general workers are fearful to express any
concerns they may have lest they be taken as informants and fired. So,
he said, a recent breakdown of the water pumps feeding the hospital went
unreported for days.

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