No Doctors, They’re in Venezuela

No Doctors, They're in Venezuela / Judith Muniz Peraza
Posted on November 14, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, November 13, 2013, Judith Muñiz Peraza / Cuban Network of
Community Communicators / www.cubanet.org.- On October 23 I went to the
Julio Antonio Mella Polyclinic in Guanabacoa, to be seen by the
gynecologist. I had been sent by the clinician, Dr. Mandina, as a result
of two fibroids that cause abundant bleeding. After waiting more than
three hours for my turn, the specialist would not see me, because she
said I had to be seen at the Medical Clinic in my area. I returned home
with severe pain in my lower abdomen.

The next day, I went to the office she'd directed me to, but I had no
luck there, either, because three days ago the doctor who was assigned
there had gone on a medical mission to Venezuela. After having no doctor
there for several days, they put another doctor there, but she had to
leave because her son was sick.

Looking for a solution, I talked to the nurse and she said that the
gynecologist had eight offices she didn't go to and along them was the
one I belonged to. She didn't say why they hadn't seen me in the
polyclinic; meanwhile, I continued to bleed without their being able to
operate in the two fibroids that I have.

Judith Muñiz Peraza

Cubanet, 13 November 2013

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