One of the Canadian tourists injured in Cuba hospitalized with brain injuries

A Canadian tourist traveling on the Transgaviota bus crashed Sunday in Camajuaní, She remains admitted to Cuba with a head trauma.

Despite the silence of the Cuban authorities and the official press on the nationality of the 26 injured tourists and their state of health, a granddaughter of the victim reported the event in Facebook.

The young Jaimika DeLuca He explained that his grandmother, In addition to the neurological damage, he is bleeding and has an injured leg..

“My dad is on the plane right now to go see her and help her. She's doing much better. Apparently everyone and their luggage fell on her. We hope she gets better. Unfortunately, she can't come back today. I'm glad everyone is doing better,” he said Wednesday.

Facebook Capture / Danick Labbé / Jaimika De Luca

Danick Labbé This is another tourist who was traveling on the bus that was hit by a Moskvich while traveling from Cayo Santamaría to the Abel Santamaría International Airport, at such speed that the bus overturned.

He reassured Jaimica that he had visited her grandmother in hospital. “She is in good hands, she was accompanied by several nurses to help her. I wish her a speedy recovery and that she can return as soon as possible.”

Danick, who suffered some injuries in the accidentreturned to Canada on Thursday. He congratulated the management of the Air Transat airline for coming to the aid of all the affected tourists and assured that the response time was very good.

Facebook screenshot / Danick Labbé

“The injured were treated quickly, we gave first aid to those who were able to help, ambulances arrived quickly and everyone is being treated carefully,” he explained Wednesday from Cuba.

Facebook screenshot / Danick Labbé

Although the Cuban authorities have made efforts to provide medical care to injured Canadians (a large deployment of ambulances in perfect condition was reported at the scene), they concealed all information about the identity of the injured.

An attitude that contrasts with that of the Canadian media, which from the beginning reported all the information about a tragic event that, logically, immediately attracted international attention.

On Monday, a Cuban official communicator gave information about the people injured in the accident, in which the driver of the Moskvich that collided with the bus died.

According to what Henry Omar Perez said at the time, Of the 26 injured, only 10 remained hospitalized, all without danger to life..

He also revealed that “all the children from the accident (six) are now out of danger and are gradually leaving the hospital.”

Omar Perez stressed that the driver of the deceased Russian car was traveling alone and died instantly.

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