Pandemic Heroes: Venezuela’s Alejandra Parra
Pandemic Heroes: Venezuela’s Alejandra Parra
A doctor and migrant, Parra is among the many Venezuelans helping on the frontlines in their adopted countries.
This is the first in a series of profiles of health professionals, scientists and other Latin Americans making a difference in the COVID-19 pandemic Like countless doctors and nurses across Latin America – 24-hour shifts have become the exhausting norm for Dr Alejandra Parra Garcia A trained OB-GYN, Parra works as an emergency physician for a private ambulance service and at the public Grau Emergency Hospital in Lima, Peru But after two years living in the country unable to work in medicine, the native Venezuelan's first day on the job was March 15 – just days after Peru confirmed...
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