My intention today is to demonstrate just how important one of these healthcare professionals – the dentist – are ever since the (induced) crisis hit us. 

Here in Venezuela, we both do and do not seem to understand this. The people understand this. The politicians do not. Those in the health sector exhibit their broken shoes, torn robes, washed up thousands of times, and more on a daily basis.

How did we fall so far?
First, the health sector salaries were paid with oil industry revenues. And every Venezuelan knows that most of the supplies provided to the hospitals were (ahem) "redirected" to private clinics, where the very same doctors working in the public health sector casually had a financial interest. Of course, this is nothing new. It has been happening for three or four decades now.

This corruption was one of the major factors in the decline of health in what was once one of the most wealthy countries in South America. We were the jewel of South America at one time. And then, the Castro bros put their paws on us.

Generally speaking, the economy in this God-blessed, sunny country took a nosedive in 2016 and never recovered, thanks to the commies. All sorts of highly-trained, experienced, and educated professionals got the heck out of dodge after that happened. There were just not too many other options. You starved, or you left.