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prima:“As if they were human garbage”: Patients with severe mental conditions and their families abandoned to their fate

Countless people with the most severe conditions lack access to the treatment they need, condemning them and their families to long and frustrating hells

November 9, 2025 - 9:51 AM

Ángel Luis Pérez, 63, is schizophrenic and alcohol dependent. He lives in a residence in subhuman conditions in the Quebrada Prieta neighborhood in Canóvanas. His family has been trying to get him treatment for decades. (Ramon "Tonito" Zayas)

When José Manuel Torres de Jesús told his mother, Ana de Jesús, things that made her fear that the youngest of her three children was beginning to suffer from what seemed like hallucinations, the woman was quick to seek help. The then 17-year-old had had a childhood and adolescence of school, sports and the odd bit of mischief that would be normal anywhere.

Corrections & Clarifications

November 9, 2025, 10:32 a.m. – It was initially reported that Ángel Luis’s home would be repaired under the COR3 Program, but it will actually be under R3, from the Department of Housing.

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