Cuba's Doctors Seen Manually Operating ICU Machines as Power Crisis Continues to Threaten Patients

Healthcare workers in some hospitals manually operate ICU ventilators during power outages to keep critical patients supported. (Credit: Screengrab from Mohamad Safa's Post/X)

Cuba's ongoing fuel and electricity shortages are placing severe strain on the nation's hospitals, with staff reportedly resorting to manually operating intensive care machines to maintain critical treatment during prolonged outages.

This comes as the Caribbean island endures a deepening energy crisis, causing multiple nationwide blackouts in March and forcing medical facilities to rely on emergency protocols to sustain essential care for patients in intensive care units and dialysis wards.