VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — As weeks turned into months, the seats of the small plane began to empty out. The mortality rate is “a high number,” said Angela Diaz, director of the non-profit Renal Council of Puerto Rico. “You don’t get used to this,” chimed in Edwin Alvarado, a 59-year-old dialysis patient who also has high blood pressure and had open heart surgery five months after Maria. Inside lay 42-year-old Sandra Medina, another dialysis patient with diabetes and high blood pressure. Said his sister, Magali Rivera: “It’s a crime what they’re doing to these renal patients.

Source: National Post September 19, 2018 12:11 UTC