Venezuela Food Riots, Civil Unrest, Chaos as 7 Babies Die In Hospital Per Day!
by AMY S.
PrepperFortress.com
MAY 23, 2016
Public hospitals in Venezuela are facing a major health crisis due to a severe lack of medications, equipment, electricity and food.
Seven newborn babies recently died in a hospital in Barcelona, Venezuela, according to The New York Times. A blackout hit the city, and respirators in the hospital’s maternity ward shut down, claiming three young lives. Doctors kept the other babies alive by manually pumping air into their tiny lungs for hours, but four more died that night.
Under the late President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela used to give heating oil to poor Americans for free as recently as 2012, noted Policy Mic.
Now, the Venezuelan government only operates two days a week in an effort to save electrical power, reports The New York Times.
President Nicolas Maduro (pictured) declared a state of emergency, which many fear signals an imminent government collapse. Those type of signals often cause other countries to devalue a nation’s currency, which results in runaway inflation. Venezuela’s currency, the bolivar, has dropped to almost no value.
On top of inflation, Venezuela has had to deal with the dramatic drop in world oil prices. The country used to be rolling in money because it has the biggest oil reserves in the world. The socialist nation didn’t save oil revenue money, and has fallen into a severe economic crisis.
A water shortage at the University of the Andes Hospital in Merida means medical personnel are not able to wash blood off of an operating table, notes The New York Times. The hospital’s doctors have to use bottled seltzer water to prep their hands for surgery.
In Barcelona, two premature babies died while being transported to a public clinic because the ambulance lacked oxygen tanks. The Luis Razetti Hospital lacks working X-ray and kidney dialysis equipment. The hospital beds are full, so some patients use the floor, where they lie in their own blood.
“Some come here healthy, and they leave dead,” Dr. Leandro Perez told The New York Times.
Political opponents of Maduro passed a law in January that allows the poverty-stricken country to accept aid from other nations for its public health care system.
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