{"id":5084917,"date":"2016-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/puerto-rico-is-losing-a-doctor-a-day\/"},"modified":"2016-04-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T04:00:00","slug":"puerto-rico-is-losing-a-doctor-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2016\/04\/19\/puerto-rico-is-losing-a-doctor-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico Is Losing A Doctor A Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nJustin Maldonado learned that fact in the most tragic way possible.\u00a0\u00a0His uncle had a stroke in the summer of 2014.
\nThe family rushed him to a local hospital in Coamo. The emergency room doctors recommended that his uncle be taken immediately to a neurologist.
\nThen the Maldonado family was told only two neurologists were on duty for an entire island of 3.5 million people. It was a holiday weekend. His uncle died several days later.
\n“Don’t get hurt in Puerto Rico, especially on a holiday or a Sunday,” says Maldonado. Occasionally, he drives by the hospital where his uncle died. There are always people waiting. The family has taken to calling the lines “the walking dead.”
\nIn 2014, 364 doctors left the island never to return, the Puerto Rican Surgeons and Physicians Association says. Last year, 500 doctors packed up. Most moved for more lucrative positions in the mainland U.S.
\nThe island is in a financial crisis of its own — it doesn’t have enough money to pay back over $70 billion in debt<\/span><\/a>. On Wednesday, the House Committee on Natural Resources is holding another hearing to determine what to do. There’s been a lot of attention on whether to allow Puerto Rico to declare bankruptcy (or something like it<\/span><\/a>).
\nBut the deeper problem is that the island has been in an economic crisis for a decade. That’s why doctors — and other professionals — are fleeing. Puerto Rico has lost over 10% of its population in the past decade. Jobs just aren’t there and home values are plummeting<\/span>.
\nOn top of that, Medicare reimburses doctors far less in Puerto Rico than other states.
\n“I have a hard time recruiting. We can’t compete with institutions in the U.S.,” says Dr. Fernando Luis Joglar. He’s a vascular surgeon and president of the American College of Surgeons Puerto Rico Chapter.
\nHe gets offers all the time from …….
\nTo read full article: : http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2016\/04\/13\/investing\/puerto-rico-debt-medicare\/index.html<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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