Fidel Castro suffered a stroke, Venezuelan doctor says

[sharon]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/18/3056621/fidel-castro-suffered-a-stroke.html#storylink=omni_popular

Posted on Thursday, 10.18.12

Fidel Castro suffered a stroke, Venezuelan doctor says
 
A Naples doctor said former Cuban leader Fidel Castro is near ‘a neurovegetative state’ after suffering a stroke.

By Juan Carlos Chavez
jcchavez@ElNuevoHerald.com

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and his state of health is so precarious that he has trouble feeding, speaking and recognizing people, said a Venezuelan physician who assured El Nuevo Herald that he has access to firsthand sources and information.

“He suffered an embolic stroke and recognizes absolutely no one,” said José Marquina, a respected doctor who in the past has claimed to have direct information about the illness affecting President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela.

“The people with a condition of this nature have difficulty eating and, of course, they end up with total deficit in their neurologic capacities.”

Rumors about Castro’s health have circulated consistently in social networks and the media. But the speculations intensified recently, to the point that word spread that he had died and that the Cuban government would make an official announcement to that effect.

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[sharon]

Just want to point out that rumours about his health and demise circulate around here (South Florida) constantly, and have always been proven false in the past...... time will tell.

[sharon]

The guessing game continues.....

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/21/3060184/hotel-official-fidel-castro-appears.html

Posted on Sunday, 10.21.12

Hotel official: Fidel Castro appears in public

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
Associated Press

HAVANA -- Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in months, a top hotel executive told The Associated Press on Sunday, challenging persistent rumors that the aging revolutionary is near death.

The 86-year-old leader dropped off a Venezuelan guest at the Hotel Nacional on Saturday afternoon, then stayed for about half an hour to chat with hotel staff, commercial director Yamila Fuster said.

"Fidel Castro was here yesterday, he brought a guest and spoke to workers and hotel leaders for 30 minutes," Fuster said. She said she was not present but that the news was being released officially by the state-owned establishment.

"They told me he looked very good. He was wearing a checked shirt and a hat," she said.

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