Wednesday, September 24, 2008

News from "investment grade" Peru (part 3)

If that's glandular go see a doctor.

For the past 10 days, doctors have been on stike in Peru. The reason is pay and conditions (surprise), but the real bad feeling between doctors and the gov't goes back to January this year when both sides reached agreement on pay rises and improvements in working conditions, the Health Minister and the Doctors' Executive signed the papers and everything was done and dusted. The GarcĂ­a government promptly ignored the accord, refused to honour the agreements and brought the matter to a head this month.

On Monday in Puno Gladys Huaraya, a 28 year old woman suffering a urinary infection, entered the local state hospital. She waited at the hospital in increasing pain all that day and was finally given a preliminary examination nine hours later. A couple of hours later she died from avoidable complications arising from the infection.

Who's to blame for her death? I'm sure you won't be surprised to learn that the doctors are laying the blame at the door of the government, and the gov't is laying the blame at the door of the doctors. However, as yet neither party has been to the house of Gladys and explained to her three children why their mother won't be coming home.

Viva investment grade. Viva viva viva


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