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From bread and beer to sugar and toilet paper - you name it, Venezuela’s economic crisis has resulted in a chronic shortage of basic goods.
从面包、啤酒到糖和卫生纸，委内瑞拉的经济危机已导致基本商品长期短缺。
But, the lack of vital medicine is especially acute.
但是，重要药物的缺乏尤为严峻。
Experts say the government’s import of low cost alternatives and how they are handled has led to a "drastic reduction" in medical success rates, notably in treating cancers like leukaemia.
专家表示，政府进口低成本的替代品及其处理方式导致医疗成功率“大幅降低”，特别是在治疗癌症如白血病上。
This mother whose son has Leukaemia said,There is nothing and we have to go to other countries to look for the medicine and that is very expensive. Unfortunately, the situation we are going through is terrible. There are many children and adults who are dying because there are no medicines to treat the diseases they have.
这位儿子患有白血病的母亲说，我们什么也没有，我们必须去其它国家寻找药品，那是非常昂贵的。不幸的是，我们经历的状况非常糟糕，许多孩子和成年人因为没有药物治疗他们的疾病而死亡。
During the oil bonanza under former President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela spent lavishly on health.
在前总统乌戈·查韦斯的油矿期间，委内瑞拉在健康上耗费巨资。
Those waiting for treatment accuse the current government of eroding those gains, wasting money on needless items.
那些等待治疗的人指责目前政府正在侵蚀这些收益，浪费钱在不必要的物品上。
They are buying airplanes and not drugs. With the purchase of those aircraft they would have solved the problem of drugs in Venezuela. There were dollars for that purpose, but for us who suffer from shortages of medicines and food, they have not given us an effective solution. I have heard nothing about solving this issue.
他们在购买飞机，而不是药品。因为购买这些飞机，他们本应该解决委内瑞拉的药品问题。有钱为了那目的，但对于缺乏药物和食品的我们，他们没有给出有效的解决方案。我没有听到解决这个问题的声音。
Some doctors in Venezuela say they have stopped using certain generics drugs.
委内瑞拉的一些医生说，他们已经停止使用某些无商标药物。
But with around 8 of every 10 medicines estimated to be running short, clinicians have less and less wiggle room.
但10种药物中约8种估计要用完，临床医生越发少有用药余地。
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