The brother of a injured Cuban migrant who spent more than a month in intensive care in Mexico, asked for help in obtaining supplies for the young man’s recovery.
Michel Pina undergoes neurosurgery In mid-August at the National Rehabilitation Institute (INR), in the office of the Tlalpan mayor in Mexico City, he was in intensive care until this Thursday, appealing to his brother for the solidarity of Cubans Get diapers and wipes.
As he told the editors of CyberCuba Carlos Cowell Carveat, his brother Michel follows connected to devices that monitor your vital functions.
Type of diapers Michel Pina needs
The young people, who have no family in Mexico, have had to visit medical facilities for more than two months after Michel had an accident in the town of Chetumal in Quintana Roo.
The young man, 31 years old, suffered one “Anterolisthesis” and spinal cord traumadue to a fracture-dislocation of the C4 cervical vertebra, and was at “high risk of death,” according to his medical records.
The fracture that left him immobile and in intensive care occurred, according to the brother’s own version, when he fell from a hammock after breaking the palm tree that was supporting him.
He was admitted to the emergency room of Chetumal General Hospital on August 1, where he remained for 10 days. However, due to the lack of specialists and his critical condition, he was transferred to Mexico City to be treated by a neurosurgeon, following the intervention of the National Human Rights Commission, which has been following the case and supporting Michel’s brother.
On August 17th, Michel was able to undergo neurosurgery and has stable symptoms, although he had minor bleeding due to an ulcer.
Carlos, the brother, begins a recovery period that can last up to three months and asks for help and cooperation from Cubans sensitive to his case. Meanwhile, he continues to care for his brother day and night, giving him the attention he needs.
He survived on his few savings and the little help he received, in addition to support from the National Human Rights Commission.
Both young people had arrived in Mexico hoping to make an appointment through the CBP One application and enter the United States, where their mother had recently been staying.
For any help you can provide, Carlos has provided his phone number +525639530987.