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GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 07:46 PM Oct 2017

And the Bolivarian Revolution brings dignity to the mentally ill in Venezuela! [View all]

Chavismo is an equal opportunity offender.

"...El Pampero also suffers from shortages of basic personal-care and cleaning supplies. There is no soap, no shampoo, no toothpaste, no toilet paper. Patients relieve themselves in the common areas and patio area, and clean themselves only with water...

...We found Cleofila Carillo crying softly under a mosquito net. The morning before, her unmedicated bunkmate had leapt on top of her, beaten her, bitten off her nose and eaten it. Doctors said she needed full reconstructive surgery, but because of the shortages, they did not have the medical supplies to perform it. All they could do was apply a bandage...."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/world/americas/inside-a-dysfunctional-psychiatric-hospital.html

Defend this, Chavistas.
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