20/10/2012 12:38
Fidel Castro suffered an embolic stroke
Fidel Castro is rumored to have suffered an embolic stroke, according to news reports.
Doctor Jose Marquina, who supposedly has firsthand knowledge of the 86-year-old former Cuban leader's health condition, told El Nuevo Herald that Castro is "very close to a neurovegetative state."
However, the Associated Press reported that Marquina has made claims that never came to fruition in the past, and that Marquina would not identify his sources of knowledge regarding Castro's condition, the Huffington Post reports.
The AP also reported that Castro's family members have denied that he is gravely ill.
If Marquina's reports are indeed true, though, an embolic stroke would leave Castro with problems performing basic functions like eating, the New York Daily News reported.