Cuban hospitals struggle to treat patients amid energy crisis

Tonight, we get a rare look inside a Cuban hospital, as doctors struggle to treat patients amid the growing power and energy crisis there. NBC News’ George Solis is the first journalist given access to a hospital in Cuba by the government in more than a decade.

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