17/06/2023 15:06 (UTC)

Four doctors for 28,000 people, reality of rural health in western Colombia

Pie de Pato, Colombia, June 17 (EFE).- (Camera: Juan Diego López) In Pie de Pato, as so many other times, today there is no water.

But the health center, the only one for the 28,000 inhabitants of Alto Baudo, in the Colombian department of Choco, opens its doors with just four doctors and a handful of nurses.

The heat is crushing, the humidity 80 percent and conditions are unsanitary: the perfect setting for the proliferation of malaria, lung disease, dehydration and child malnutrition.

FOOTAGE OF A HEALTH CENTRE IN CHACHAJO, COLOMBIA

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Date: 17/06/2023 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Health
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 295 seconds
Reference: 7001273352
Relevance: Normal