The ashes of Damir Ortiz Ramírez, the Cuban boy who died yesterday Saturday at Nicklaus Children's Hospital, will remain in Miami., despite the efforts of the doctors at that health institution to save his life.
Eliannis Ramírez, Damir's mother, requested political asylum in the United States and decided that the little boy's ashes would remain in the capital of Cuban exile. The news was confirmed on social media by Diasniurka Salcedo Verdecia, one of the activists who most collaborated to have the child transferred to Miami from the communist island, so that he could receive treatment in the land of freedom.
"To those concerned about Eliannis, I want to let you know that after the wake (the date of which has yet to be determined), the child's ashes will remain in Miami, as his mother will not be returning after submitting a request for political asylum," the regime opponent reported.
Activist Aylin Díaz explained that Eliannis Ramírez "is afraid of returning to Cuba because of the reprisals against her and her outstanding efforts in denouncing everything she experienced."
We must remember the enormous smear campaign that the Cuban dictatorship orchestrated against Damir Ortiz's mother after she asked for help to leave Cuba and seek treatment for her son in the United States.
The minor and his mother arrived in Miami on March 12 after facing various obstacles in their quest to travel and receive free treatment at Nicklaus Children's Hospital. They discovered that Damir had received an erroneous diagnosis in the Greater Antilles. His mother also reported that he received inadequate treatment, citing chemotherapy and radiation therapy sessions that he had not received.
The child died yesterday, April 5th, at 5:00 a.m. Curiously, the cause of his death was not the underlying disease, but rather an infection caused by resistant bacteria, and the lack of access to an adequate antibiotic on the island.
"Damir didn't die of cancer per se. He was a victim of severe sepsis caused by resistant bacteria, a direct consequence of poor antibiotic management in Cuba," said Miguel Ángel Ruano Sánchez, a Cuban specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation exiled in Colombia.
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