Tuesday 12/November/2024 – 02:39 PM
Ada, an Argentine woman suffering from poverty, waited 83 years Blood She took 6 months to get an appointment for heart surgery due to a lack of supplies that almost cost her her life.
Heart health in Argentina faces a severe shortage of medical supplies
According to Reuters, cases like Ada’s have become more common amid deep spending cuts by liberal President Javier Meli, who took office in December promising to fix the severe economic crisis in Argentina, which currently faces an annual inflation rate of $209 million.
Cardiologists say there is a catastrophe of supply shortages, doctors abandoning the profession and rising health care costs that is putting the field that deals with the leading cause of death in Argentina at risk.
Severe supply shortages in Argentina
Demand for health care in public hospitals has been growing in recent months in line with the growth of poverty, leading to waiting rooms filling up at a time when budgets are being cut and hospitals are facing increasing costs due to rising prices for public facilities, in addition to the fact that more than half of Argentines now live under Poverty line.
Earlier, last August, a group of cardiologists carried out a 48-hour strike, refusing to install stents or perform vascular expansion surgeries in protest against low salaries and lack of supplies, and were content to attend emergency cases only.
