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MEDICC Review 2022; 24 (1)

Caution ahead: Traffic accidents in Cuba

Gorry C

Language: English
References: 6
Page: 77-78
PDF size: 133.34 Kb.


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The call came from Calixto García University Hospital: Alfredo shattered his leg in a head-on collision driving from Havana to the beach. After emergency surgery and several weeks of intensive physical rehabilitation, Alfredo is back on two feet.
Messages flooded in, my phone vibrating off the table: Manolo and his son were being examined at Havana’s Carlos J. Finlay Military Hospital after his Lada was nearly totaled in a late-afternoon crash. Both father and son are fine (the Lada, however, is not).
Then there was that other call, the one I most fear since I’ve lived the experience once previously here in Cuba: a friend was killed in a traffic accident—she was 30 years young and with a future so promising, her tragic death strains comprehension.


REFERENCES

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  2. OnCubaNews [Internet]. Havana: OnCubaNews; c2021. Cuba. Más de 5 mil accidentesde tránsito en Cuba en 2021, con 350 fallecidos; 2021 Nov 5 [cited 2021Dec 20]; [about 2 p.]. Available at: https://oncubanews.com/cuba/mas-de-5-mil-accidentes-de-transito-en-cuba-en-2021-con-350-fallecidos/?amp. Spanish.

  3. Antón Rodríguez S. Que la movilidad no incida en la accidentalidad. Granma[Internet]. 2021 Nov 8 [cited 2021 Dec 20]; Cuba:[about 2 p.]. Available at:https://www.granma.cu/cuba/2021-11-08/que-el-aumento-de-la-movilidad-noincida-en-la-accidentalidad-08-11-2021-18-11-38. Spanish.

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  5. Hasibul Islam MD, Hamid H, Hua Law T, Azarkerdar A. Relationship ofaccident rates and road geometric design. IOP Conference Series EarthEnviron Sc [Internet]; 2019 Nov [cited 2021 Dec 20];357(1):012040. DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/357/1/012040. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337500124_Relationship_of_Accident_Rates_and_Road_Geometric_Design

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