Sancti Spiritus Girl with Epidermolysis Bullosa Survives
Melany and her mother live in the town of Iguará, Yaguajay, since the girl was born. (Photo: Vicente Brito / Escambray).
Despite suffering from epidermolysis bullosa, Melany Correa Hernandez will soon turn eight years old
Naylet Hernández Hernández had just turned 17 when she was admitted in the maternity hospital of Yaguajay with 24 weeks of pregnancy. She was carrying a baby whose skin was as fragile as a piece of glass, a condition unknown for the young woman and the doctors.
Seven years after the birth of Melany Correa Hernández, Escambray traveled to Iguará, a town in the municipality of Yaguajay, central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, to meet the girl. »
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