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Variante delta satura hospitales de Texas: pacientes mueren varados en clínicas rurales

El sistema de atención médica se ha visto superado por la cantidad de personas que padecen la variante delta del coronavirus

An ambulance is parked outside the Bellville Medical Center after dropping off a patient, in Bellville, Texas, September 1, 2021. - Hospitals in Texas are overwhelmed due to record numbers of Covid-19 hospitalizations. In rural areas, the most seriously ill patients are stuck in facilities that are not equipped to handle them. Every day, one of them dies because they cannot find a place in a facility better suited to their needs. (Photo by Francois PICARD / AFP)
An ambulance is parked outside the Bellville Medical Center after dropping off a patient, in Bellville, Texas, September 1, 2021. - Hospitals in Texas are overwhelmed due to record numbers of Covid-19 hospitalizations. In rural areas, the most seriously ill patients are stuck in facilities that are not equipped to handle them. Every day, one of them dies because they cannot find a place in a facility better suited to their needs. (Photo by Francois PICARD / AFP) FRANCOIS PICARD
Una ambulancia en las afueras del Bellville Medical Center después de dejar a un paciente, en Bellville, Texas, el 1.° de setiembre. (FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP)

Texas. Daniel Wilkinson sobrevivió a dos misiones de servicio en Afganistán pero murió por unos cálculos biliares que lo deterioraron lentamente mientras sus médicos, mal equipados para atenderlo, miraban impotentes.

Wilkinson, de 46 años, vivía a solo 90 minutos en carro (o 30 en helicóptero) de Houston, una ciudad estadounidense famosa por sus hospitales de primer nivel.

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