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People awaiting care at a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro The financial crisis of the State of Rio de Janeiro, paralyzed hospitals and reaches different sectors of the administration of governor Luiz Fernando Pezão. "The Rio de Janeiro is broken, bankrupt," said the doctor Jorge Darze, president of Sinmed/RJ (Syndicate of Doctors of Rio de Janeiro). The syndicate of doctors and other government agencies that are responsible for oversee the actions of the governor and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, formed a crisis cabinet to monitor the situation. The group wants an audit of accounts to find out, after all, why the state coffers are empty. In practice, they should be experiencing other reasons to justify what is happening today. At the same time, the subway extension works continue, new parks were built  and overpriced works of the Olympics are far from being finalized. The conclusion is that the money which should be allocated to health, was used in infrastructur...

Medical freshmen from UNESP (São Paulo State University) in Botucatu, were received at a party by veterans of the 6th year who wore costumes similar to those used by the Ku Klux Klan, the American sect that preached the supremacy of the "white race" . The event took place on March 5 at a party called "Baptized of Medicine", organized by students of the 48th class of the course, and was denounced by the Facebook's page called "Oppression in Medicine".  Also on social networks, the page "Network Protection to victims of violence in universities" released on Monday some pictures from the party. "The KKK is an example of hatred, eugenics, intolerance and death. What to make of doctors that predisposes to emulate things which were the worst in human history?" Says the publication on the page. Students agreed to meet with the Director of the medical school to provide explanations, but they have stated in previous years th...