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In crisis-hit Venezuela, maternity wards have become death traps

See Post — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:24:41 +0000

A 2019 survey by HumVenezuela, an NGO documenting the country’s humanitarian crisis, found four in ten hospitals had a shortage of basic supplies, and eight out of 10 did not have enough surgical tools or medicine.The obstetrics wards of half the country’s maternity hospitals were partially or fully out of service in 2019, it said. Thousands of trained doctors and nurses are among the five million Venezuelans estimated to have left the country in recent years in search of a better life elsewhere. Full Text -> France24

As coronavirus hits Venezuela, Maduro further quashes dissent

See Post — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:11:57 +0000

President Nicolas Maduro’s health ministry on its website had listed Delta Amacuro’s Luis Razetti Hospital as one of 46 medical centers “prepared” to receive COVID-19 patients. Avila enumerated various reasons, all confirmed by Reuters in interviews with physicians at the hospital, why the claim was false: The facility has no blood pressure monitors, syringes, or reagents to diagnose coronavirus infections. By Angus Berwick, Sarah Kinosian and Maria Ramirez. Full text-> Sheboygan’s News Radio

Venezuela’s Medical System Has Already Collapsed. What Will Happen When the Coronavirus Hits?

See Post — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 03:04:00 +0000

The coronavirus pandemic threatens to push many nations’ health systems and economies to the brink of collapse. Imagine the challenge of combating the virus in a place where those things have already collapsed. While other countries worry about their supply of ventilators and masks, Venezuelan hospitals struggle to keep the lights on. By Joshua Keating. Full text -> Slate

Venezuela hospital makes its own masks to confront new virus

OnVenezuela — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:10:57 +0000

Medical supplies of almost any sort are in short supply in Venezuela, so workers at a maternity hospital in Caracas are racing to confront the rapidly spreading coronavirus by making surgical masks, one by one. By Fabiola Sanchez. Full text-> Yahoo News

Venezuela faces COVID-19 outbreak with hospitals that at times lack soap and water

See Post — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:58:00 +0000

Experts from Venezuela are warning that an already-crippled health care system makes it likely the country will be hit hard by COVID-19, which will in turn affect the entire Latin American region. By Andrew J. Wight. Full text-> NBC News

Venezuela’s Health Care Crisis Now Poses a Global Threat

OnVenezuela — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:59:40 +0000

The country’s health system is collapsing. Hospitals have closed or are operating at a fraction of their capacity, many without regular access to electricity or water. The public health infrastructure is so weak that in 2019, Venezuela had the world’s steepest rise in malaria cases. Vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and diphtheria have already returned long before the epidemic hit. By Kathleen Page and Tamar Taraciuk Broner. Full text -> Foreign Policy |