public hospital reality

Today I spent 8 hours in the public hospital of Tegucigalpa. Entering, heaps of people all waiting desperatly, in pain, for the doctor to attend them. The reason I went to the hospital was for a girl named Yessica Pelera, 16. Poor girl was raped by her own stepfather. And as it turned out today in the hospital, she is pregant from him. Already 4 and a half month ahead with her pregancy. So we accompanied her to the hospital, as this is as well a duty of the "educadores de la calle". Anyhow when we arrive we had to wait for 2 hours to get to see that doctor. He then sent us the the 5th floor where we had to wait for an x-ray exam. But when it was apparently our turn, they sent us down again, because here you have to pay for all the exams before actually receiving the service. When it was finally our turn, it turns out we have to go to "social service" before so they give us the ok that we can go to the cash desk. From the cash desk back up to the 5th floor and then again wait for another 3 hours. From there they sent us down again to the doctor from before in the emergency. I guess this is a pretty good preview why the country doesnt work, because
1. of all they dont work with computers and any kind of network but with paper
2. public health is not free of charge but you have to pay instantly
During all this day I felt on the one hand like the M.C. Escher picture with the many stairs which are connected with one and another and it just doesnt want to find an end.