In the last couple of days I saw myself in the need to delve into that nightmare made of Venezuelan hospitals, thankfully not as a patient, but as a companion and I want to tell you a little about my experience.
In a world where health emergencies are not a priority and the ethical word is known by very few, faith and hope to get out of a disease are reduced to their minimum possibility, where in order to be treated you have to talk about a time with your crystal ball to predict that you have to take your first aid kit replenished, where if you do not have your own medical supplies or the medicine you need unfortunately these health centers can not do much for you.
Medical supplies
One of the first experiences that struck me was when they were treated by the emergency area, where a health professional instead of asking about the patient's condition first question is whether or not they have yelcos, once answered to that question proceed to inform you, * well the center does not have analgesics, antibiotics, and no reagent to perform any blood test *, of course this is not your fault, but it is an indication of what awaits you as a patient of one of these public health centers.
Attitude of Health Professionals
One of the things that invite you to quit and opt for the danger of self-medication is to find a negative to any situation on the part of most health professionals, since being honest if you do not know the "goat that pisses off" your experience It will be unpleasant, because apparently a disease, a wound, a strong pain, a hemorrhage, is not unpleasant enough, because I warn that it will be worse when not having "lever" inside the center, you will not be able to receive medication, supplies and services from this hospital, forcing you to pay large sums of money for services that should be free within the health center.
I have to add that fortunately, a certain number of health professionals, remain honest, empathetic, and supportive, willing to help as much as possible, if there is something that in my opinion can save these centers is that most of these professionals are the youngest, in the hypothetical case that they do not decide to emigrate.
When the urgent is not really urgent, when there is but only for a few, when the Venezuelan is more afraid of falling ill in these centers than dying, we can say that Venezuelan hospitals are sicker than the patients they treat.
