Mauricio Savarese, Author at Greenfield Recorder - Page 2 of 2

This Feb. 12 photo shows two-week-old Sophia, born with microcephaly, during a physical therapy session that can make a significant contribution to her long-term development, at the Pedro I hospital in Campina Grande, Brazil. This city-run hospital is a case in point of government neglect. The mayor’s request for 1.5 million to the Health Ministry to buy an MRI scanner has so far gone unmet. As part of across-the-board budget cuts in February, the Health Ministry was down about 650 million, or almost 3 percent of planned spending.

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