Between January and March, nearly 100,000 surgical procedures were not carried out. Scheduled surgical procedures were not carried out in hospitals in the country due to power limitations, power limitations brought on by the fuel blockade. More than 11,000 of these procedures were procedures that had been scheduled for children. Hospitals in Cuba are facing a particularly severe shortage of fuel since Cuban hospitals are run by the Cuban government, and President Trump has focused on curtailing shipments of energy destined for governmental use. (02:36–02:43)
CLAIM
Asserts that over 11,000 canceled surgical procedures in Cuba were for children.
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