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Yo, one way to stop this vision in the U.S.A. is? Don`t ever Vote for a person with a "D" next to their name, EVER! They are the picture below:
No electricity, no antibiotics, no beds, no soap: A devastating look inside Venezuela's crisis-hit hospitals where 7 babies die a day, bleeding patients lie strewn on the floor, and doctors try to operate without tools
PUBLISHED: 20:08 EST, 17 May 2016 | UPDATED: 08:48 EST, 18 May 2016
The impact of Venezuela's economic collapse on its people is almost impossible to put into words.
But these images inside calamity-hit hospitals go some way to communicating the devastation.
Since oil prices plummeted, all aspects of everyday life - electricity, food, paper - have been rationed.
Critically, medical centers are in crisis.
Without soap, antibiotics, power, gloves and x-rays, surgeons are struggling to keep patients alive.
Pictures taken by New York Times photographer Meridith Kohut offer a glimpse inside some of the most notorious centers - while President Nicolas Maduro claims the socialist nation has the best healthcare in the world.
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Read more: A devastating look inside Venezuela's crisis-hit hospitals
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No electricity, no antibiotics, no beds, no soap: A devastating look inside Venezuela's crisis-hit hospitals where 7 babies die a day, bleeding patients lie strewn on the floor, and doctors try to operate without tools
- President Nicolas Maduro claims Venezuela has the best healthcare in the world after Cuba
- But death rates are soaring and hospitals are filthy as supplies run low and electricity is shut off
- The nation is in economic crisis after price of oil - their main monetary reserve - plummeted
- Images taken by the New York Times show patients lying on the floor covered in blood and babies dying
PUBLISHED: 20:08 EST, 17 May 2016 | UPDATED: 08:48 EST, 18 May 2016
The impact of Venezuela's economic collapse on its people is almost impossible to put into words.
But these images inside calamity-hit hospitals go some way to communicating the devastation.
Since oil prices plummeted, all aspects of everyday life - electricity, food, paper - have been rationed.
Critically, medical centers are in crisis.
Without soap, antibiotics, power, gloves and x-rays, surgeons are struggling to keep patients alive.
Pictures taken by New York Times photographer Meridith Kohut offer a glimpse inside some of the most notorious centers - while President Nicolas Maduro claims the socialist nation has the best healthcare in the world.
Scroll down for video
Read more: A devastating look inside Venezuela's crisis-hit hospitals
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
"GTP"
