Venezuelan health spending among highest in the Americas

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"Venezuela is one of the countries that has the highest investment in health in the American continent," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday during the inauguration of the new Dr. Osío de Cúa Hospital in Miranda.

As he toured the installations of the new hospital, accompanied by Health Minister, Jesús Mantilla, governor of Miranda, Diosdado Cabello as well as members of the local health committee, Chavez outlined some of the key achievements in the health sector during his government via a national television broadcast.

Importantly, the percentage of GDP invested in the health sector had increased from 2.8 % in 1997 to 6% in 2007, making Venezuela one of the leading countries in health spending across the continent, Chavez emphasized.

This increased health spending has resulted in an increased number of doctors per 100 000 inhabitants from 20 in 1997 to 59.3 in 2007, Chavez said.

In the same period, the number of primary health care clinics in Venezuela also increased from 4804 to 11 373, and the number of consultations through the National Health System increased from 3.5 million in 1997 to 54 million in 2007, he added.

Significantly, the percentage of citizen access to primary health care has increased dramatically from 21.5% in 1997 to 95% in 2007.

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/3184

[Mika]

1. What an evil dicktater it takes to do something so awful as this.

Everybody knows that health care and education has to be brutally forced on a population. No truly free people want such things.

:sarcasm: