.paulanewtonCNN reports from an emergency pediatric ward in Venezuela where doctors and nurses endure war-like conditions as they struggle to treat their patients.
A survey of 104 health facilities in Venezuela, commissioned by the opposition-controlled National Assembly, paints a grim picture of a collapsed system hurting for even the most essential goods and services.
According to the report, most laboratory services and hospital nutrition services are intermittent or completely inoperative. Staggering statistics highlight the shortages of items such as basic medicines, catheters, surgical supplies and infant formula.Venezuela has been in a downward spiral for years, caused by a combination of mismanagement of government funds and the plummeting price of oil.
— Luis López March 19, 2018 In one tweet, López boasted about renovations in surgery rooms in a Caracas clinic. The photos published alongside his tweet show pristine halls and operations rooms, but the images are eerily empty of people, and incongruent with CNN's previous reporting in the country, where people flood the waiting rooms and hallways of most hospitals and clinics.
— Luis López March 19, 2018 CNN has contacted the Ministry of Health for comment but received no response.On March 27, Maduro showed his renewed concern over Venezuela's healthcare systems by tweeting,"We will continue to work to guarantee access to healthcare to the Venezuelan people. Health is a sovereign right, and in the Revolution, we will continue to build a healthy country.
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