igeria’s public hospitals have become places where the poor often go with that continued migration of doctors could cripple the health system. When skilled hope but meet frustration, delay and sometimes death. For many families, workers leave, patients suffer. One doctor attends to too many patients. Surgeries N sickness is no longer just a health problem; it is a financial disaster. are postponed. Clinics close early. Emergency units become overwhelmed. The crisis is no longer hidden. Drugs are too expensive. Tests are too costly. Government must stop treating public hospitals as charity cent…
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Public Hospitals in Crisis: Why the Poor Are Left to Die
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