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One area in Buenos
Aires is nicknamed "Villa Freud" because so many psychoanalysts and psychologists
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Ernesto Guevara,
an Argentinian doctor, helped to lead a revolution in Cuba. His frequent
use of the word "che," a Mapuche word meaning "man," got him his nickname,
Che Guevara. |
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Argentina offers both a public and private health care system.
About 18 million Argentinians have health insurance through their unions
and go to clinics called obras sociales for medical care. About 4 million
people from the middle and upper classes are privately insured. Some large
private health insurance companies have their own hospitals. Did
you know?
One area in Buenos Aires is nicknamed "Villa Freud" because so many
psychoanalysts and psychologists have offices there.
About 12 million people, a third of the population, do not have health
insurance. Of these, almost half are children. Those without health insurance
go to public hospitals when they need treatment. These hospitals are equipped
to handle emergencies, but may not have the facilities for all forms of
treatment. Government cuts to the public health system have left many poorer
Argentinians without access to needed health care services.
Although most areas have a safe water supply and healthy living conditions,
in certain interior regions, particularly in the north, and in the villas
miserias of the cities, living conditions are very poor.
AIDS-related diseases are growing, and cholera has reappeared in some
regions in very few numbers for some years ago.
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