一些古巴政权反对派对那种医疗优势提出质疑，因为据小道消息称，古巴国务委员会主席菲德尔?斯特罗因肠壁肿胀患憩室炎而进行三次（肠）术[：国内媒体均报道为肠道内出血]却均失败。

• That prowess has been questioned by some of the regime's opponents because of unofficial reports that Fidel Castro, Cuba's president, has undergone three failed operations for diverticulitis( a swelling of the wall of the intestine).