Inside Venezuela's hidden healthcare crisis

Thursday, December 29, 2016 Kamilia Lahrichi/IRIN

Venezuela is in the midst of a healthcare crisis caused by a crippling lack of state resources. Medicines and basic hospital equipment are now in such short supply that doctors struggle to make diagnoses, let alone provide treatment. And yet, they continue to try to do their best for their patients.

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