Guatemala’s health workers are endangered by COVID-19, but also by their government

Health professionals in Guatemala are facing a double threat: a potentially lethal virus, and a government that is turning their backs against them. Severe delays in salary payments, bin bags to replace disposable gowns and inadequate facilities are some of the exhausted doctors and nurses’ main complaints. The government says it has agreed a way forward with the doctors, who say help cannot come soon enough. This is what it is like to fight a pandemic against all odds.

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