Saturday, December 31, 2016

Venezuelans are fleeing to Brazil for medical care, overwhelming its hospitals and morgues

Venezuelans are fleeing to Brazil for medical care, overwhelming its hospitals and morgues

BOA VISTA, Brazil — As throngs of Venezuelans trek to Brazil in search of food and medicine, hospitals along Brazil’s sparsely populated northern border are struggling to pick up the pieces of Venezuela’s failing health-care system. A spiraling economic crisis and hyperinflation have cleaned Venezuelan hospitals of needles, bandages and medicine. Desperate for care and […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/31/venezuelans-are-fleeing-to-brazil-for-medical-care-overwhelming-its-hospitals-and-morgues/

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