Faced with the acute hospital crisis in Venezuela, chronic patients they got another chance at life in the medical system of countries in the region. Those who have relatives abroad have significant help for their treatments, and in some cases they have had to sell properties to buy tickets to a new destination and cover the expenses.
It’s a matter of life and death. People try their best to buy the medicines they need or receive free treatments that in the private sector exceed 3,000 dollars, reviewó the press.
High cost treatments
Those who suffer from renal insufficiency, Cancerhematological diseases and others should have a frequent check-up with specialists, but high-cost treatments have ceased to be regular in the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security. And patients must turn to other options.
Gloribeth Marín, 52 years old, lived in the La Caldera urbanization, in Barquisimeto, Lara state. He sold his house for $600.. “I gave it away, but I had confirmation that I would be treated in Colombia and I had to have the reals on hand,” she said.
In that country, he received 7 free radiotherapy sessions at a hospital in Cúcuta. In order to be admitted, she showed a guardianship document with the presentation of her case, the procedure at Migración Colombia and collecting money for the tickets, renting the room for a month and food expenses.
Yanirys Evíes, from the Vida Renal Contigo foundation, pointed out that they receive private donations from Colombia, but currently a batch of immunosuppressants is stranded because they do not have the money to cover the shipment. “Our situation is so difficult. We limit ourselves by 50 dollars that it may cost shipping because we don’t have that money,” he said.
“It is an uncontrollable desperation when time is limited and resources are not available,” said Milagros Seijas, at the Foundation for Oncological Patients of Venezuela. He added that the wait in hospitals such as Domingo Luciani or Padre Machado, in Caracas, can be indeterminate.