Many Venezuelan Hospitals Lack Basics To Function, Let Alone Handle COVID-19

A patient on a wheelchair waits in the emergency room at a hospital in Güiria, Venezuela, on March 14. Human rights organizations recently warned that Venezuela faces catastrophic consequences from the new coronavirus pandemic, which threatens to overwhelm its crumbling health system.

Doctors tell NPR many health workers have left the country and many hospitals don’t have necessities, including soap and running water.

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Philip Reeves