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Lack of Medical Tests in Central Forces Patients to Travel to Asunción

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Patients from several areas of Paraguay’s Central Department are traveling to Asunción because local facilities lack needed medical tests.
  • The XVIII Health Region reportedly issues only 30 appointments a day, leaving some patients without access.
  • Patients say they may have to use private care, adding costs they cannot easily afford.

Patients from several parts of Paraguay’s Central Department are traveling to Asunción in search of medical tests unavailable in their local facilities. At the headquarters of the XVIII Health Region, some patients waited for appointments, which one person said are limited to 30 per day.

A patient from Ñemby said she arrived at 5:30 a.m. and managed to obtain an appointment. She said the district hospital in her city does not offer the range of tests she needs.

Another woman, who traveled from Mariano Roque Alonso, did not receive a number. She said she needs tests related to diabetes that are unavailable in her city, nearby hospitals such as Villa Hayes, and even the Hospital Materno Infantil in Loma Pyta, in Asunción.

She described the XVIII Health Region as her “last option”. If she cannot obtain the tests there, she said she will have to turn to a private healthcare center and bear the resulting expense.

last option

· Patient from Mariano Roque AlonsoShe describes the XVIII Health Region after failing to find the required tests locally.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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