Venezuelan doctors and nurses act bravely in the face of peril. . . With an economy in collapse and a health care system already compromised by an acute scarcity of medicine, doctors and nurses in Venezuela are now struggling to confront the coronavirus crisis. The nation’s severe fuel shortage presents yet another challenge as frontline medical responders wait in long lines at gas stations so that they can drive to their shifts at hospitals to care for COVID-19 patients. . . Dr. Astrid Cantor and medical student Federica Dávila founded the Green Cross, a group of volunteer medics who tended to the wounded at anti-government protests in Venezuela in recent years. The two women joined our stage in 2018 to describe their experiences of administering care amidst such enormous challenges. . . You can watch the full conversation via video link in bio by searching Federica Dávila. 🎥