VOA常速英语:Surgical Sterilizations Increase in Venezuela

Dubraska has been sitting down outside this ambulatory care center for hours, waiting to see if there is a vaccine her 11 month-old baby needs is available here.
杜布拉斯卡已经在这个门诊中心外面坐了几个小时，等着看是否有她11个月大的孩子需要的疫苗。

“I’m looking for the pentavalent and polio vaccines. I haven’t found it anywhere. Let’s see if they have it here,”
我正在寻找五价疫苗和脊髓灰质炎疫苗。我哪儿也没找到。看看他们有没有。

The 22 year old makes daily searches to find medicine for her baby. Her situation is common for many mothers and young woman in Venezuela. And it’s one reason many are considering sterilizations.
这位22岁的母亲每天都在为她的孩子寻找药物。在委内瑞拉，很多母亲和年轻女性都有这种情况。这也是许多人考虑做绝育手术的原因之一。

“Thinking in our situation and considering to the obligation, because bringing another baby into this world in these circumstances is not fair.”
思考我们的处境，考虑我们的义务，因为在这种情况下，把另一个婴儿带到这个世界上是不公平的。

In the maternity center in Caracas, Lilisbeth expects to be treated for a medical condition before her due date. This is the second hospital she visited that day.
在加拉加斯的妇产科中心，莉里斯贝丝希望在预产期前接受治疗，这是她当天去的第二家医院。

“I’m thinking about sterilization if I end up having the baby through c-section or a natural birth.I’m considering it.”
我在想，如果我最终通过剖腹产或自然分娩的方式生下了孩子，我就会考虑做绝育手术。我正考虑。

Even though Venezuela has a free health system expectant mothers must bring their own supplies to their hospitals including things like syringes and catheters.
尽管委内瑞拉有免费的卫生系统，但准妈妈们必须自己带用品到医院，包括注射器和导管。

“We don’t have money to support our children. We don’t even have the money to support ourselves, let alone pay for a tubal ligation.”
我们没有钱抚养我们的孩子。我们甚至没有钱养活自己，更不用说支付输卵管结扎的费用了。

And find them the medicine they need is almost impossible.
找到他们需要的药物几乎是不可能的。

“The medicines that were prescribed for my cesarean operation. I can’t find them, I can’t find anything. And I have to buy them if I don’t I’m going to rot inside.”
为我的剖腹产手术开的药。 我找不到，我找不到任何东西。如果我不买我会死掉，我必须买这些药。

Problems continue after the baby’s born. Formula cost around 9 dollars 15 days of minimum wage and a pack of diapers takes the equivalent of four days of pay.
婴儿出生后问题继续存在。配方奶粉的价格大约是9美元换算成最低工资需要工作15天，一包尿布相当于4天的工资。

“Milk and diapers are almost non-existent and if you find them they’re really expensive.”
牛奶和尿布几乎找不到，即便找到了它们也贵的离谱。

The price of contraceptives is also rising. 3 condoms cost Venezuelans 2 days of work at the minimum wage.
避孕药的价格也上升了，3个安全套的价钱抵得上委内瑞拉以最低工资工作2天的报酬。

“You can’t place an intrauterine device because it costs a lot of money.”
你不能放置宫内节育器，因为它要花很多钱。

This year Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro approved given each pregnant woman 6 dollars a month in assistance.
今年，委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗批准向每位孕妇每月提供6美元的援助。

“We’re going to protect all pregnant women.”
我们将保护所有孕妇。

The Pan American Health Organization rated Venezuela at the country with the highest algorithm pregnancy rate in South America, with a total of 80 unwanted pregnancies for every 1000 women.
泛美卫生组织将委内瑞拉评为南美算法怀孕率最高的国家，每1000名妇女中就有80人意外怀孕。

For Adriana Nunez Rascal in Caracas Venezuela; Christina Caicedo Smith VOA News.
VOA记者阿德里安娜·努涅斯·拉萨尔在委内瑞拉加拉加斯采访；克莉丝汀·卡迪多·史密斯播报。