Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis - Photo Essay 2

A patient with appendicitis, June 2016. Because of shortages at the hospital, she was responsible for obtaining her own medicines and supplies for surgery. She was unable to obtain antibiotics, leaving her at risk of post-surgery infection.
A patient with appendicitis, June 2016. Because of shortages at the hospital, she was responsible for obtaining her own medicines and supplies for surgery. She was unable to obtain antibiotics, leaving her at risk of post-surgery infection.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
In a pediatric hospital in Lara State, a hand-lettered sign lists supplies needed at an “Operating Room in Crisis,” June 2016
In a pediatric hospital in Lara State, a hand-lettered sign lists supplies needed at an “Operating Room in Crisis,” June 2016. © 2016 Human Rights Watch
A nurse’s handwritten note lists medicines and supplies lacking at a psychiatric hospital in Trujillo State, June 2016.
A nurse’s handwritten note lists medicines and supplies lacking at a psychiatric hospital in Trujillo State, June 2016.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Doctors had locked up patients at a psychiatric hospital in Trujillo State, where the general absence of adequate health services, including lack of medicines, made it very difficult to address the needs of their patients, June 2016.
Doctors had locked up patients at a psychiatric hospital in Trujillo State, where the general absence of adequate health services, including lack of medicines, made it very difficult to address the needs of their patients, June 2016.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
A patient lies on the floor in a psychiatric hospital in Trujillo State, June 2016. The facility lacked medications and such basic supplies as mattresses, bedding, clothing, and adequate food.
A patient lies on the floor in a psychiatric hospital in Trujillo State, June 2016. The facility lacked  medications and such basic supplies as mattresses, bedding, clothing, and adequate food.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Patients in a hospital in Valencia, Carabobo State, share the last tank of oxygen; without oxygen supplies, doctors are unable to perform many surgeries, July 2016.
Patients in a hospital in Valencia, Carabobo State, share the last tank of oxygen; without oxygen supplies, doctors are unable to perform many surgeries, July 2016.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
In the absence of supplies, doctors at the neonatology ward of the University Hospital Pedro E Carrillo in Valera, Trujillo State, are improvising humidifiers like this one, made of a plastic water bottle, July 2016.
In the absence of supplies, doctors at the neonatology ward of the University Hospital Pedro E Carrillo in Valera, Trujillo State, are improvising humidifiers like this one, made of a plastic water bottle, July 2016. © 2016 Private
A baby breathes through an improvised oxyhood at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of San Cristobal Central Hospital in Táchira State, where such basic supplies are lacking, August 2016.
A baby breathes through an improvised oxyhood at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of San Cristobal Central Hospital in Táchira State, where such basic supplies are lacking, August 2016.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
A woman shows dwindling food supplies in her fridge in Zulia State, June 2016.
A woman shows dwindling food supplies in her fridge in Zulia State, June 2016. © 2016 Human Rights Watch
An 80-year-old woman shows her fridge, nearly empty, in Zulia State, June 2016.
An 80-year-old woman shows her fridge, nearly empty, in Zulia State, June 2016.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
In Barquisimeto, Lara State, people line up for hours to purchase goods subject to government-set price controls, including food, June 2016.
In Barquisimeto, Lara State, people line up for hours to purchase goods subject to government-set price controls, including food, June 2016.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
People in Carabobo State line up for hours to purchase goods subject to price controls set by the government, including food, June 2016.
People in Carabobo State line up for hours to purchase goods subject to price controls set by the government, including food, June 2016.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
Fruits and vegetables attract few customers at a market in Trujillo State, where, for those with minimum-wage jobs, food not subject to government-set price controls has become prohibitively expensive, June 2016.
Fruits and vegetables attract few customers at a market in Trujillo State, where, for those with minimum-wage jobs, food not subject to government-set price controls has become prohibitively expensive, June 2016. © 2016 Human Rights Watch
For those with minimum-wage jobs, fish and meat at such markets as this one in Trujillo State, where products are not subject to price controls, have become prohibitively expensive, June 2016.
For those with minimum-wage jobs, fish and meat at such markets as this one in Trujillo State, where products are not subject to price controls, have become prohibitively expensive, June 2016.  © 2016 Human Rights Watch
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