Venezuelan hospital - a place from your nightmares

A couple of decades ago, Venezuela was the most developed and successful country in Latin America. However, today this state, unfortunately, is in a very poor position, approaching a humanitarian and social catastrophe.

New York Times correspondent Meridit Kogut traveled to Venezuela to capture what is happening in one of the country's most important areas - medical. The woman brought a lot of stunning pictures from the life of Venezuelan hospitals. As can be seen in the photographs, the conditions in which patients are forced to be are monstrous. Often in hospitals there are not only antibiotics and essential drugs, but even electricity and water.

This man is waiting for help for several hours in an ordinary workroom.

Julio suffered a serious head injury. He had to wait a whole year for the subsequent operation due to a lack of medical personnel.

Instead of special cargo, plastic bottles and containers for liquids. So doctors get out of the situation when treating fractures.

Even there is nothing to wash off the blood from the operating tables, and surgeons wash their hands with sparkling water before the operation, which they buy at the nearest kiosks. Surgical gloves and soap are out of the question. All the necessary medical equipment has long failed.

In the oncology department of one of the clinics.