By Vanessa Bauzá
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted January 16 2007, 12:59 PM EST
Fidel Castro has had at least three failed operations and complications
from an intestinal infection, and the Cuban leader faces ``a very grave
prognosis,'' a Spanish newspaper reported Tuesday.
A Cuban diplomat in Madrid said the reports were lies and declined to
comment.
``It's another lie and we are not going to talk about it. If anyone has
to talk about Castro's illness, it's Havana,'' the diplomat said,
speaking on condition of anonymity because of official policy.
The newspaper El Pais cited two unidentified sources from the Gregorio
Maranon hospital in the Spanish capital of Madrid. The facility employs
surgeon Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido, who flew to Cuba in December to treat
the 80-year-old Castro.
In a report published on its Web site, El Pais said: ``A grave infection
in the large intestine, at least three failed operations and various
complications have left the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, laid up with a
very grave prognosis.''
Cuba has released little information on Castro's condition since he
temporarily ceded power in July to his brother, Defense Minister Raul
Castro, until he could recover from emergency intestinal surgery.
El Pais' report, which could not immediately be confirmed, was a rare
detailed description from a major media outlet about Castro's condition.
The report was not made public in Cuba.
José Luis García Sabrido, chief of surgery at the hospital, examined
Castro in December and dismissed claims by U.S. officials that he has
cancer.
A Cuban diplomat told the newspaper Castro was suffering from "scarring
problems," related to complications from the surgeries, which have led
to significant muscle loss and required him to be fed intravenously.
According to sources cited by El País Castro this summer was diagnosed
with a severe diverticulitis, an inflammation of the large intestine,
which led to heavy bleeding.
In a report published on its Web site, El País said, "A grave infection
in the large intestine, at least three failed operations and various
complications have left the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, laid up with a
very grave prognosis."
Cuba has released little information on Castro's condition since he
temporarily ceded power in July to his brother, Defense Minister Raul
Castro.
The El País report, which could not immediately be confirmed, was a rare
detailed description from a major media outlet about Castro's condition.
Information from the Associated Press was used to supplement this report.
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