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The Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana Comandante Doctor Eduardo Bernabé Ordaz Ducunge, better known as Mazorra (the name of the estate upon which it was built), is a Cuban psychiatric hospital located in north of Wajay, Boyeros, in the city of Havana.

History

In 1857 it was founded with the name Casa General de Dementes de la Isla de Cuba.

In 2010 a number of patients died - according to the Catholic Church due to abandonment, bad state of the hospital, and theft of food, medicine and coats to sell on the black market. The estimated number of dead varies from 26 according to the Cuban state to 50 according to anti-government activists. As a result the Church requested urgent reform and opening to the private sector in the emblematic (state-run) health care sector. due to corruption, lack of resources, and bad service.

References

1. "Entre 40 y 50 los muertos en Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana", El Nuevo Herald (Miami), 29 enero 2010 Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Iglesia cubana pide reforma "urgente" en salud", Diario de Guayana, 1 abril 2011

External links

• Official website
• "Valoraciones: Eduardo Bernabé Ordaz Ducungé: Un héroe en la memoria", Bohemia Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine (Cuban state publication)

• Hospitals in Cuba
• Buildings and structures in Havana
• 1857 establishments in Cuba
• Hospitals established in 1857
• 19th-century architecture in Cuba