In crisis-hit Venezuela, where the maternity wards are often death traps
Infant mortality went up by a third in a year, and maternal mortality by 65 per cent, according to the latest figures
29 January 2021 • 3:54pm
A priest officiates at the funeral of Wendy Dulcey's baby son, Thiago, who died a month after being born in Caracas, Venezuela
Credit: Yadira Perez/AFP
Red roses and a burning candle frame the small white casket Wendy Dulcey is caressing at a hospital morgue in Caracas.
It contains the remains of her baby son who died on December 1, 39 days after he was born - a cruel fate befalling far too many in the crisis-hit South American country.