The indigenous Warao denounce the shortage of medicines in the Amacuro Delta

Tucupita.- The inhabitants of the remote geography of the Lower Orinoco insist on denouncing the lack of medicines and primary care in the communities located in the municipalities of Antonio Díaz and Pedernales. A Warao leader who preferred to keep his identity in the reserve for fear of reprisals denounced, on 3 November, the absolute absence of medicines in the communities scattered in the streams and rivers of the Amacuro Delta. In his testimony, offered by telephone to The Pitazo, said hospitals have empty shelves.

This statement was made following what was said by the governor of the Delta Amacuro state, Lizeta Hernández, on November 2, who spoke about the provision of ambulances in the area: “We will soon deliver the river ambulances to the municipalities of Antonio Díaz and Pedernales, completely renovated to save lives,” he promised.

In this regard, the representative of Warao questioned the announcement of the first president, justifying his appreciation for the absolute lack to which the hospitals located in the Warao communities have been subjected: “Luis Gómez de Nabasanuka hospital has been without medicine for more than five yearsYes, there is no electricity, women stop by the torchlight ”, he assured.

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Santiago Moraleda, a retired nurse from the area assures that at least 220 primary care dispensaries have disappeared due to lack of monitoring, supply of medicines and maintenance of infrastructure: “They abandoned health care in indigenous communities“, He argues.

The lack of vaccinations in the area is another factor indicating the deterioration of the health system in the communities of the Delta Amacuro state. The presence of endemic diseases such as diarrhea, malaria, malaria and tuberculosis are increasing in indigenous communities.

Alexis Medina, former employee of the former Malariology Directorate and former candidate for mayor of the municipality of Antonio Díaz, ratified the collapse of fumigations in the communities of the lower delta: ” have collapsed, more fractions have never been fumigated as was done in the eighties and nineties, “he said in an interview for The Pitazo.

Melquiades AvilaGuyana

Melquiades AvilaGuyana