¿Para qué queremos esos hospitales?

Lo peor de los tiranos es su inabarcable soberbia. Natural : ¿Por qué no deberían saberlo todo cuando todo lo pueden? Saparmurat Niyazov, timonel de Turkmenistan, sufre este delirio sin complejos:

[Niyazov]So, in a frankly insane healthcare reform effort, he restricted the public's access to care by replacing up to 15,000 doctors and nurses with unqualified military conscripts. The next year, he ordered hospitals and clinics outside of the capital, Ashgabat, to close -- even though the vast proportion of Turkmenistan's population lives in rural areas. The BBC quoted him as saying, "Why do we need such hospitals? If people are ill, they can come to Ashgabat." He also implemented fees and created an "unofficial" ban on the diagnosis of certain communicable diseases, like hepatitis.

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