15 patients died due to dialysis on the third day of the power outage in Venezuela

According to an NGO report, 15 patients died due to lack of dialysis on the third day of the power outage in Venezuela.

"Between yesterday and today, we have 15 deaths due to the absence of dialysis, nine of which were in Zulia, two in Trujillo and four in Pérez Carreño Hospital in Caracas", told Francisco Valencia, director of the Coalition of Organizations, NGO. The right to health and life (Codevida).

He added: "The situation of people with kidney failure is very difficult and critical, we are talking about about 95% of dialysis units, which today would reach 100%, are paralyzed, in because of the power cut ".

Venezuelans face from Thursday afternoon to worst breakdown in the history of the oil country, which the government attributes to an alleged "electric war" led by the US government and opposition Juan Guaidó, recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries.

"In the few dialysis units where there were power stations, it became difficult to reconnect them due to lack of fuel," warned Valencia, also a kidney transplant victim. (Infobae and La Nueva.)