Venezuelan medics fear earthquake aftermath will trigger widening medical crisis
The emergency has laid bare Venezuela's chronic shortage of doctors, the result of years of economic crisis, underfunding and emigration.
Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press
Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Megan Janetsky, Associated Press
Isabel DeBre, Associated Press Isabel DeBre, Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Doctors said Wednesday they feared the aftermath of Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes could trigger a widening medical crisis marked by untreated injuries, infectious diseases and a healthcare system already on the brink.
Thousands of displaced Venezuelans are sleeping in crowded shelters or outside without access to clean water amid dismal sanitary conditions following the June 24 earthquakes which officials say killed at least 2,295 and left more than 11,000 injured.
