They increase to 21 deaths in Venezuela hospitals by the breakdown of massive electricity

In Venezuela, the Médecins pour la Santé network has published more than 80 hours of blackouts. 21 deaths in hospitals in the country for reasons directly related to the lack of electricity supply, know that the regime of Nicolás Maduro wants to deny it.

The national hospital survey conducted on Sunday night added four people to the casualty list, although it says the report is based on 40 major medical centers, so the figure could be higher.

These figures would be added to a similar report denounced by the Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations for the Right to Health and Life (Codevida), which denounced Saturday 15 kidney patients died after paralysis of dialysis services as part of the breakdown. "Between yesterday and today, we have 15 deaths due to lack of dialysis, nine of which were in Zulia, two in Trujillo and four in Pérez Carreño Hospital in Caracas," said Francisco Valencia. responsible for the badociation.

"This is not a simple figure, it is the lives of Venezuelans who, without the incapacity of Nicolás Maduro, would not have been lost," denounced the opposition leader. Manuel Olivares.

In turn, Nicolás Maduro's regime has denied the existence of victims in the country for these reasons. Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said the information was "skewed" and "was trying to make people anxious". The official said that after inspection of all public hospitals, it could be established that 90% of the plants are operational for two days.

As was the case on Friday, there will be no clbades on Monday and a holiday has been declared due to the lack of electricity in Venezuela, in line with the decision made by the Chavez government.

The dictatorship of Maduro attributes to the crisis the "sabotage" and spoke of "imperial electric war", never explaining how such an operation would have been conducted nor the technical reasons that caused the prolonged power outage.

(With information from AFP)