Venezuelans seek home care for COVID-19 amid crumbling health system
Venezuelan doctor Leonardo Acosta uses his mobile phone while checking on his patient Hogla Larez during a home treatment session for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Caracas, Venezuela April 11, 2021. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria reuters tickers
This content was published on April 27, 2021 - 17:12
April 27, 2021 - 17:12
By Efrain Otero and Vivian Sequera
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan COVID-19 patients are paying doctors to come to their homes due to the high cost of private clinics and hospitals overflowing with patients and often lacking oxygen and medicine, doctors interviewed by Reuters said in recent weeks.
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