Inside the last pediatric surgical ward in Venezuela’s capital
Caracas, Venezuela (CNN)Six-year-old Antonella was diagnosed with throat cancer four years ago, and her mother brings her to Domingo Luciani Hospital in Caracas as often as she can for chemotherapy.
Today, however, it’s Antonella’s mom who is being treated — for malnutrition, a state-inflicted malady that is sweeping across oil-rich Venezuela.
Struggling to feed herself and her child, she fainted when she walked into the hospital where Antonella is slowly dying.
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