Healthcare at the brink of collapse: Cuban minister‘AN ENERGY SIEGE’: Cubans have been effectively cut off from high levels of care, and medication supply and treatments have been impacted as the energy crisis continuesAP, HAVANACuba’s debilitated healthcare system has been pushed to the brink of collapse by the US blockading the country’s oil supply, a Cuban official said on Friday. Flights bringing vital supplies have been suspended, as the Cuban government said it is unable to refuel airplanes in its airports. Photo: APUS sanctions are no longer just crippling the island’s economy, they are threatening “basic human safety,” Cuban Minister of Public Health Jose Angel Portal Miranda said. Cuba’s healthcare system has been in crisis in recent years. “We are facing an energy siege with direct implications for the lives of Cubans, for the lives of Cuban families,” Portal said.

Source: Taipei Times February 21, 2026 18:26 UTC