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Bitter medicine

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In his  June 1  speech on inauguration to his unconstitutional second consecutive term in office, Nayib Bukele told the Salvadoran public to expect the need for "bitter medicine" if the country was going to achieve economic growth and prosperity.  It was a speech with a prolonged metaphor about following the advice of the wise doctor (Bukele).  Today, the Salvadoran healthcare system might be one example of the bitter medicine the Bukele regime is prescribing. Ask Salvadorans who rely on the public health system or the social security system, and they will describe problems with long wait times, the unavailability of specialists, and drugs which are never in stock.  These are problems of long standing. At least 150 specialists and sub-specialist physicians in the social security hospital system have quit since the beginning of the year  for reasons of low pay, working conditions.   The result is a shortage of specialists in the social security hospital system, which serves s