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Venezuela healthcare system crisis

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Venezuela’s public health system continues to face a critical emergency driven by deteriorating infrastructure, medical supply shortages, and a severe lack of personnel. Dr. Pedro Fernández of Médicos Unidos de Venezuela (MUV) has noted that the disappearance of primary and preventive care services forces patients to seek medical attention only when illnesses reach life-threatening stages. This is compounded by a massive exodus of more than 21,000 doctors. Operational instability persists regarding healthcare worker compensation. In Anzoátegui, the Sintrasalud union reported widespread dissatisfaction with delayed and irregular payments. Union leader José Igualguana highlighted that maintenance issues with the Patria and Onapre systems have prevented elderly and rural workers from accessing wages, food vouchers, and bonuses, while cash withdrawal limits at the Banco Digital de los Trabajadores have caused further difficulties. Infrastructure decay is increasingly evident in regional facilities. The Doctor Rafael Calles Sierra Hospital in the Paraguaná Peninsula ~~is reportedly suffering~~ continues to suffer from a lack of air ~~conditioning in hospitalization areas,~~ conditioning, non-functional bathrooms, water shortages, and a lack of ambulances. Patients there have reported being required to provide their own medical supplies and anesthetics for procedures such as ~~C-sections. This follows previous reports~~ C-sections; furthermore, a citizen documenting these conditions on social media reported receiving threats of ~~equipment failures in Cumaná, where~~ detention. In El Tigre, patients at the ~~Antonio Patricio~~ Care Dialysis Unit, which is dependent on the Instituto Venezolano de ~~Alcalá University Hospital suspended radiotherapy services~~ los Seguros Sociales (IVSS), face severe conditions due to ~~a technical failure~~ frequent power outages. Because the facility's air conditioning is not connected to the backup generator, patients must undergo treatment in ~~its linear accelerator and an inoperable institutional tomograph.~~ stifling heat, often relying on family members to fan them with cardboard. Local user committee president Luis Maza has called for the unit to be excluded from electricity rationing plans.

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