瓦尔加斯的坐姿雕像。

The sitting statue of Vargas.

机构信息

Department of Dermatology and Immunology, Vargas School of Medicine, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.

出版信息

Clin Dermatol. 2011 Jul-Aug;29(4):466-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.12.004.

DOI:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.12.004

PMID:21679877

Abstract

Medicine and health care in Venezuela have had a roller coaster evolution in parallel with advances and retreats of democracy and of efforts to modernize. The most prominent of the founding fathers of Venezuelan medicine has a sitting statue in the homonymous hospital. After a blossoming of medicine, health care, and research led by dermatology that lasted for nearly four decades, the system went into a tailspin that mirrors what took place in the governmental institutions and in the economy. The statue of Vargas seems to warn Venezuelans that if the decay goes too far, it may become irreversible.

摘要

委内瑞拉的医学和医疗保健与民主的进退以及现代化的努力平行发展，经历了过山车式的演变。委内瑞拉医学的奠基人之一，他的坐像矗立在同名医院里。在近四十年间由皮肤病学引领的医学、医疗保健和研究的繁荣之后，该体系陷入了与政府机构和经济中发生的情况相类似的螺旋式下降。瓦尔加斯的雕像似乎在警告委内瑞拉人，如果腐朽发展得太过，可能就会变得不可逆转。