The Guayo hospital serves at least 60 communities in the jungle area of Delta Amacuro. They do not have electricity, medicines and no health personnel. In March and June they received donations from two NGOs, but they are now over
Amador Medina | Radio Fe y Alegría News
The health personnel of the “Hermana Isabel López” hospital in Guayo, Delta Amacuro state, declared the health center in technical closure due to widespread deficiencies. The decision was made on the morning of this Wednesday, August 3, “until supplies and doctors are sent.”
Guayo is a Warao community that is located in the jungle of the Delta. It has a population of approximately three thousand inhabitants. It is about six hours by river from Tucupita, capital of the entity.
The workers explained to Radio Fe y Alegría News that the hospital is without light, without medicines and without doctors. The work becomes unsustainable in the face of these shortcomings, which is why they declared the technical closure.
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They reported that the organizations Doctors Without Borders and Caritas of Venezuela arrived in Guayo in March and July to make donations of medicines and other supplies, but this hospital serves 60 communities and the drugs have already run out.
The most common diseases that are registered among the inhabitants of the areas are fevers, gastroenteritis, fungal infections, flu, malnutrition and malaria, this being an uncommon pathology in the vicinity. Most of those affected belong to the Warao ethnic group.
On July 26, Governor Lizeta Hernández handed over a new area to treat infectious diseases at the Dr. Luis Razzetti Hospital in Tucupita. Neither the official nor the Ministry of Health have spoken out for the closure of this health center.
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