Venezuelan Pregnancy Crisis -- USAGM
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- Venezuelan Pregnancy Crisis -- USAGM
- July 15, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English TV Venezuelan Pregnancy Crisis - Rabascall HEADLINE: TEASER: "If you pay for exams, you don't eat": How Some Poor Pregnant Women in Venezuela Give Birth PUBLISHED AT: 7/15/2022 AT 8:20AM BYLINE: Adriana Nuñez Rabascall CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Caracas, Venezuela VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: Cristina Caicedo Smit SCRIPT EDITORS: KE, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, see courtesies PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV __ RADIO __ TRT: 2:12 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: TV EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) [[In Venezuela, a health crisis and the inability of many pregnant women to pay for medical exams and appointments is forcing a growing number of them to give birth outside a hospital. For VOA News, Adriana Núñez Rabascall in Caracas has the story.]] ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Montes Family)) Daikary Montes gave birth to her third child just 20 steps from where she lives. She says she couldn’t afford to get the medical attention she needed during the pregnancy. Fortunately, her aunt helped her with the delivery. ((Daikary Montes, Venezuelan Mother)) ((IN SPANISH)) "My aunt told me: but wait a little longer, wait a little longer and I was like aunt, I can't anymore. I'm going to push. I'm going to push. When I pushed, I barely pushed, my aunt grabbed him like that. My dad was scared, all nervous, the neighbors came out.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory credit: Edwin Prieto)) There are more cases like this. This woman had her baby outside of a bus in front of a maternity hospital in Maracaibo. ((NARRATION)) Even with the help of midwives and nurses, doctors say if there are any complications, giving birth outside of a hospital puts the mother and the baby at risk. ((Gianina Sue, Venezuelan Gynecologist)) ((IN SPANISH)) "The main risk is for the newborn. A newborn who has a circular cord, who has a prolonged delivery, who does not have the necessary first care measures, may be at risk of dying." ((NARRATION)) Gianina Sue has worked for 50 years in obstetrics. She says women who cannot afford the proper care during their pregnancy run a greater risk of giving birth outside a hospital. ((Gianina Sue, Venezuelan Gynecologist)) ((IN SPANISH)) "One of the main causes is the lack of prenatal control. If I don't know how long I've been pregnant, or if I haven't controlled my pregnancy and I'm in labor, I can wait too long to go to the hospital. And then it is too late. That happens with patients who have had many pregnancies, who already know what labor is like and wait until the last minute to go to a hospital." ((NARRATION)) Daikary Montes says she avoided pre-natal checkups and waited until the last minute because of the cost. ((Daikary Montes, Venezuelan Mother)) ((IN SPANISH)) "So, if you pay for exams, you don't eat... And so on" ((NARRATION)) A national survey by the Venezuelan non-profit 'Médicos Por La Salud' (or doctors for health) found the country has only half the hospital beds required for a population its size. All went well for Monte’s baby. Now her concern is how the family will get the income needed to make sure he stays healthy. ((For Adriana Núñez Rabascall in Caracas, Venezuela, Cristina Caicedo Smit VOA News. ))
- Transcript/Script TV Venezuelan Pregnancy Crisis - Rabascall HEADLINE: TEASER: "If you pay for exams, you don't eat": How Some Poor Pregnant Women in Venezuela Give Birth PUBLISHED AT: 7/15/2022 AT 8:20AM BYLINE: Adriana Nuñez Rabascall CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Caracas, Venezuela VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: Cristina Caicedo Smit SCRIPT EDITORS: KE, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, see courtesies PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV __ RADIO __ TRT: 2:12 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: TV EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) [[In Venezuela, a health crisis and the inability of many pregnant women to pay for medical exams and appointments is forcing a growing number of them to give birth outside a hospital. For VOA News, Adriana Núñez Rabascall in Caracas has the story.]] ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Montes Family)) Daikary Montes gave birth to her third child just 20 steps from where she lives. She says she couldn’t afford to get the medical attention she needed during the pregnancy. Fortunately, her aunt helped her with the delivery. ((Daikary Montes, Venezuelan Mother)) ((IN SPANISH)) "My aunt told me: but wait a little longer, wait a little longer and I was like aunt, I can't anymore. I'm going to push. I'm going to push. When I pushed, I barely pushed, my aunt grabbed him like that. My dad was scared, all nervous, the neighbors came out.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory credit: Edwin Prieto)) There are more cases like this. This woman had her baby outside of a bus in front of a maternity hospital in Maracaibo. ((NARRATION)) Even with the help of midwives and nurses, doctors say if there are any complications, giving birth outside of a hospital puts the mother and the baby at risk. ((Gianina Sue, Venezuelan Gynecologist)) ((IN SPANISH)) "The main risk is for the newborn. A newborn who has a circular cord, who has a prolonged delivery, who does not have the necessary first care measures, may be at risk of dying." ((NARRATION)) Gianina Sue has worked for 50 years in obstetrics. She says women who cannot afford the proper care during their pregnancy run a greater risk of giving birth outside a hospital. ((Gianina Sue, Venezuelan Gynecologist)) ((IN SPANISH)) "One of the main causes is the lack of prenatal control. If I don't know how long I've been pregnant, or if I haven't controlled my pregnancy and I'm in labor, I can wait too long to go to the hospital. And then it is too late. That happens with patients who have had many pregnancies, who already know what labor is like and wait until the last minute to go to a hospital." ((NARRATION)) Daikary Montes says she avoided pre-natal checkups and waited until the last minute because of the cost. ((Daikary Montes, Venezuelan Mother)) ((IN SPANISH)) "So, if you pay for exams, you don't eat... And so on" ((NARRATION)) A national survey by the Venezuelan non-profit 'Médicos Por La Salud' (or doctors for health) found the country has only half the hospital beds required for a population its size. All went well for Monte’s baby. Now her concern is how the family will get the income needed to make sure he stays healthy. ((For Adriana Núñez Rabascall in Caracas, Venezuela, Cristina Caicedo Smit VOA News. ))
- NewsML Media Topics Health
- Topic Tags Pregnancy
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date July 15, 2022 15:46 EDT
- Description English In Venezuela, a health crisis and the inability of many pregnant women to pay for medical exams and appointments is forcing a growing number of them to give birth outside a hospital. For VOA News, Adriana Núñez Rabascall in Caracas has the story.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English