Venezuela's economy, which is highly reliant on oil, has been damaged by falling oil prices. This economic crisis is now effecting public hospitals, which are supposed to provide care for free. However, patients are now being required to find a way to fund their own treatment - which many cannot do. Often, families and patients can't afford to pay for these treatments until it's too late.
Even if the patient can pay for treatment, there is no guarantee that they can actually get the treatment. Equipment is broken, operating rooms are not able to be sterilized - and nobody can afford to fix these issues.
A large shipment of medicine was just delivered to Venezuela, which may help people get the treatment they need. However, some people believe that this economic crisis will not end until Venezuela's government stops controlling the price of oil and the exchange rate.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/05/venezuela-hospitalseconomic-crisis-160530151128000.html
--Melissa Widel
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