Major hospital in Chile goes up in flames amid near collapse of public health system
Major hospital in Chile goes up in flames amid near collapse of public health system The fire that engulfed San Borja Hospital, one of the major hospitals in Santiago this past Saturday, bears the hallmarks of decades of underfunding and under-resourcing of the public health system by right-wing and “left” governments alike. Amid an alarming escalation of COVID-19 cases that has national intensive care units at 92 percent occupancy, such avoidable catastrophes can only speed up the collapse of an already debilitated health system. It is due both to good fortune as well as the decisive act...
Source: wsws.org