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.
paulanewtonCNN Socialized medicine anyone?
paulanewtonCNN Hell yeah socialism rocks CaptainLames
paulanewtonCNN justsocialistthings
paulanewtonCNN Russia and Cuba like this so much!
paulanewtonCNN Kindda funny watching from Brazil that there are people in US supporting socialism hahaha Watching people of the likes of AOC getting passionate support just make me laugh. We got that stuff here in Brazil too. Looks like your time is coming America. Sad and funny at same time
Mark_J_Perry paulanewtonCNN Cant wait for CNN to explain how this is Trumps fault, or Republicans, or capitalism, Koch brothers.....
paulanewtonCNN Folks this is what you should be writing! This is the problem. Stop the hypocrisy. Venezuela does not need any help. Lift the sanctions, release their assets, stop the market and currency manipulation against their oil and the Venezuelans will do just fine.
paulanewtonCNN What are we learning here? Currency driven societies do not work. When everything you deal with just to survive day to day is driven by the need for currency it's a setup for failure. Currency only benefits those who control it.
paulanewtonCNN People be fore warned that this is a look into the future for the USA if we listen to Democratic Socialists.
paulanewtonCNN Socialism!!
paulanewtonCNN This is what happens when real Socialism is imposed on a country.
paulanewtonCNN Socialism at work. God help Venezuela. God help us.
paulanewtonCNN Socialism. Duh
paulanewtonCNN Outrageous. Man's inhumainty to man . Animals kill each other they don't Torture each other. Only man does this.
paulanewtonCNN And this is Trumps fault I’m assuming.
paulanewtonCNN Welcome to future Socialist USA BernieSanders ,SenSanders AOC ....
paulanewtonCNN Preparation for the best way to Carry this circumstance out here in the near future. Do believe that WAR is imminent. And of course the Gov wants a precedent that supports them as the good guys. We need to unite and overthrow. But we hate eachother. Christ warned US you know.
paulanewtonCNN They have the US, Oil Industry and the traitor to his people Guiado to thank! The Oil Industry wants their shit back
paulanewtonCNN Socialism is working out so well for Venezuela.
paulanewtonCNN Report on flint water crisis, the leaking pipeline. Our country is poisoning us too
paulanewtonCNN mmmmmmm govt run HC in a socialist society. such a pity. what heartbreak. total misery. i really feel for those ppl.
paulanewtonCNN Socialism sucks.
paulanewtonCNN How did y’all get into Venezuela 🇻🇪?
paulanewtonCNN As we continue to learn why socialism, IS BAD.
paulanewtonCNN US sanctions did this
paulanewtonCNN 😥😥
paulanewtonCNN Isn't socialism just wonderful
paulanewtonCNN This story will bring a smile to the faces of Trump's supporters. Sad but true.
paulanewtonCNN Ohh God😢😢