Another balcony in Havana collapses, falls on Cuban woman walking by

A Cuban woman simply walking down the sidewalk received a head injury requiring 21 stitches when another balcony in crumbling Havana collapsed this week, the result of 64 years of socialist neglect and corruption.

Via ADN Cuba (my translation):

Part of a balcony in Havana collapses and leaves a woman with a head injury

The partial collapse of a balcony on a building located on Cuba Street between Amargura and Teniente Rey in Havana caused an injury to a woman identified as Justina requiring 21 stitches, who was passing by the building.

Images sent to ADN Cuba show chunks of cement from the collapse littered on the sidewalk outside the building.

“Help, this thing is falling,” dozens of people who gathered in front of the building warned.

Another video shows the testimony of Justina, the Cuban woman who received the head injury as she was walking by the building, an area where several ATMs are located.

According to the victim, the injury required 21 stitches.

The woman was told to take azithromycin for seven days and put ointment on the injury. “What I have is tremendous pain back there, which must be from the blow,” she added.

Continue reading (in Spanish) HERE.