February 23, 2006
New tales of castrocare
30,000 Cuban "doctors" in Venezuela -- all of whom displace Venezuela's real doctors and their funding -- and El Universal has this striking new development as its result:
46 newborns die in two months in eastern Venezuela
At least 46 newborns have died in Santos Aníbal Dominicci Hospital, in Carúpano, eastern Sucre state, according to doctors, but healthcare authorities have denied their claims and ensured that only 24 newborns have died, a figure that matches the domestic median for deaths of children under one year of age.
At the end of January, press reports put the number of newborns dead in the mentioned hospital at 24. In December 2005, the figure was 16, and so far this month six newborns have died.
Doctors at Santos Aníbal Dominicci Hospital prepared a report showing that the causes of death included sepsis, respiratory distress, and hyaline membrane syndrome. They claimed that problems emerged when remodeling works started at the delivery room, including repairs of leakage in water pipelines.
While repairs works are under way, deliveries are attended at a provisional room that has been contaminated with enterobacteria.
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So, the more castroite doctors, the more infant deaths in Venezuela. Daniel has a chart showing how many castroite doctors there are in each state and this Sucre state, which is full of Chavista voters, has 90 doctors per 1,000 voters.
And twice the baby fatality rate of the Venezuelan national average!
The El Universal report says that the hospital was in a state of decay with ruined pipes forcing delivery rooms to move to filthy places. A Venezuelan intern took these pictures of the shambles that passes for a chavista hospital here. How'd you like to have your baby there!
Hat tip: Venezuela Today.
Posted by Mora at February 23, 2006 01:08 AM
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Val,
They are not doctors for the sake administering to the sick, they are simply in Venezuela and elsewhere as communist missionaries...spreading castrolithism.
Posted by: Orlando at February 23, 2006 01:26 AM
The El Universal article completely ommits any mention of Cuban doctors. Looks like the story has been scrubbed to spare "dictator for life" Fidel any embarrassment.
Posted by: Hank at February 23, 2006 02:16 AM
"...authorities have denied their claims and ensured that only 24 newborns have died."
See - only 24. For a minute I thought there was a problem.
And I love the term "castrolithism". I wonder how someone from Spain would pronounce that?
Posted by: Scott at February 23, 2006 05:29 AM
"For a minute I thought there was a problem."
LOL!!!
I wonder how someone from Spain would pronounce that?
ok Scott...let's not start this whole thing again...I already got a Puerto Rican mad at me when we talked about this previously-
Posted by: nurian at February 23, 2006 09:30 AM
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