Medical Care In Peru

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In Peru the medical care isn’t as big of a requirement to most people as it is here in the U.S. Peru has medical care in big cities but people in smaller towns cannot usually get health care. Most high quality care is only available through high priced private clinics.
Many people would rather go to a curandero then a doctor. A curandero is a native healer who uses herbs and spiritualism to cure people. Other people use herbs and roots to try and cure themselves. In Peru some of the water isn’t safe to drink, which can get people sick. There are also some serious diseases in Peru like Malaria, a disease passed to the blood of a human from a certain type of

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