Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is providing mental health care for COVID-19 patients, their families and also medical staff in two public hospitals in Venezuela to support the country's run-down health system.
They are organizing phone and video calls between the sick and their loved ones and even helping dying patients to say their goodbyes, Elizabeth Hernandez, who leads MSF's effort at Caracas' Lidice hospital, said.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com" showed us that staying at home was not so easy, that patients need something more than access to health services," Hernandez said as she waited to begin a therapy session with a group of nurses.
MSF has provided mental health support services in two hospitals in the northeast of capital city Caracas since 2020, with nine psychologists offering up to 30 appointments each week, Hernandez said. Public hospitals in Venezuela suffer frequent blackouts and routinely lack running water and basic equipment such as oxygen tanks, according to local medical associations.
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