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Venezuela: Emaciated Woman Dies in Mother’s Arms As 2 Hospitals Turn Them Away in Blackout

Venezuela: Emaciated Woman Dies in Mother’s Arms As 2 Hospitals Turn Them Away in Blackout
A man stands on a dark corridor at Miguel Perez Carreno hospital, in Caracas, during the worst power outage in Venezuela's history, on March 8, 2019. Matias Delacroix/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A mother carried the 22-pound body of her 19-year-0ld daughter through the dark streets of Venezuela to the city morgue after two hospitals, without electricity, turned them away and she died in her arms.

A harrowing video of Elizabeth Diaz walking to the morgue in Valencia with her sick and emaciated daughter during a national power blackout, went viral.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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