Aid workers warn of infectious diseases, overwhelmed hospitals after Venezuela quakes
WHO said 38 hospitals were damaged and 21 evaluated, with three no longer operating and infectious disease risks rising among displaced people.
- On Monday, the government reported 1,719 deaths and 5,000 injured from earthquakes in Venezuela; more than 15,800 people remain displaced, U.N. refugee agency spokesperson Carlotta Wolf said on Tuesday.
- Last week's earthquakes damaged or compromised 38 hospitals nationwide, according to the government; World Health Organization spokesperson Christian Lindmeier noted three of 21 evaluated facilities are no longer operating.
- Displaced Venezuelans face growing risks of preventable diseases like measles, dengue, yellow fever, and malaria due to low vaccination rates and unsanitary conditions in crowded shelters, the WHO warned.
- Lindmeier said facilities operate "under extreme pressure now, with facilities operating beyond the capacity of the surge of the trauma cases," while the mayhem caused collapse of morgue services in La Guaira.
- More than 50,000 people appear on one non-governmental database as missing, though exact figures remain unclear; authorities have not offered official counts as earthquake damage to phone networks complicates toll assessment.
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Aid groups warned Tuesday that Venezuela's fragile public health system is reaching its limit, almost a week after two powerful earthquakes that left hospitals damaged and understaffed due to the number of injured, and with infectious diseases that are worsening in the disaster zone. Meanwhile, the government reported that the number of official rescues has fallen dramatically in the last three days, from 5,380 people saved in the first two days…
Collective force is evident in rapidly raised collection centres, temporary camps and field hospitals.
Venezuela quake survivors face disease risk as hospitals buckle under pressure
UN agencies say Venezuela's hospitals are struggling to treat earthquake victims a week after the disaster. The strain is deepening fears of disease outbreaks, food shortages and a higher eventual death toll.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the dual earthquake poses a huge challenge to the health system in Venezuela
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