The medication shortage, which has already hit the Venezuelans hard for some time now, has become even worse within the last few months. In response, the citizens, networks, and support systems try to confront a problem that affects a group, which progressively includes more and more of the population. In the image, a patient from the children's division of patients with cancer in Maracaibo, a city located in the west side of the country. Wikimedia Commons image. The health crisis in Venezuela has been thoroughly raked over by international media and is one of the most turbulent debates taking place inside the South American country at present. The Pharmaceutical Federation of Venezuela estimates that the medication shortage is approaching 85%. Faced with these numbers, the Venezuelan Parliament passed an agreement that declared a humanitarian crisis in the country, with the purpose of forcing the tottering government of President Nicolás Maduro to accept international aid. So far there have been conversations between lawmakers and the World Health Organization, but without the executive branch of government involved little progress can be expected. The stark reality is that Venezuelans continue to resort to social media and the support of others in order to obtain medication. Twitter accounts like Servicio Público Vzla (@spvzla), Akistá (@Akiztapp), Ayuda SOS Venezuela (@AyudaSOSVzla), Medicinas Venezuela (@SeBuscaSeDona), DonaMed Venezuela (DonaMed_VE), (@DONANDOTRATAMI) and the hashtags #medicinas (medicines) #ServicioPublico (public service) #SOSsaludVe y #MedicinasVenezuela (Medicines Venezuela) are among the most used for locating and donating medicines. Some of these accounts require a doctor's prescription as a way of preventing those who do not need the medicine from obtaining it and reselling it. Furthermore, the names of the medicines are published in accordance with the city or state in which they are found, since shipping them through private mail service or via other delivery methods is not possible. Since the national government prohibited the shipment of medical treatments via mail in 2014, the geographic location of the patient, with respect to medicine, can be yet another barrier to obtaining medication through these means. Ivonne Capecchi is a Venezuelan artist who lives in the city of Valencia, located 172 km away from the country's capital. From the beginning of April Capecchi has been weaving a network of help into her Facebook profile for children at the Central Hospital of Valencia. Capecchi started to get involved with the families after visiting Gerald, a child with cancer, and confirmed the great shortages within the hospital. In addition to Gerald, other children were also suffering from serious limitations. Due to a lack of resources, some of the children in Gerald's ward could not go home. One of the other babies suffers from hydrocephaly and needs certain medication which is not affordable and which the hospital still has not obtained. Part of this experience was narrated in a public message on her Facebook wall: Hola amigos …ya he escrito tanto sobre Gerald … Que el teléfono lo pone sólo. Les conté que ayer fui al hospital a conocerlo. Sali consternada del Hospital , hay una camineria que es un largooo pasillo para acceder a una de las áreas del hospital [y no cabe nada para que los familiares puedan acompañarlo…] Les diré algo, involúcrense, vayan conociendo las páginas de donación por que en este desatre de país NO HAY NADA y en cualquier momento les puede tocar y entenderán que la verdadera desgracia de este país (aparte de sus gobernantes claro) es la CRISIS DE SALUD!!! Por allí explotara este país… Hi friends… I have already written so much about Gerald …. That the phone basically writes it for me now. I told you that yesterday I went to the hospital to get to know it. I left the hospital in dismay. There is an entrance which is a long hallway to access one of the areas of the hospital (there's no room for family members to accompany you…). I'll l tell you something, get involved, get to know the donation websites because THERE IS NOTHING in this disaster of a country, and at any moment it could happen to you and then you will understand that the true misfortune of this country (besides, of course, its government leaders) is the HEALTH CRISIS!!! It's a bomb ready to blow… Since then, some of Capecchi's friends have joined her in her weekly visits to the health center. Thanks to help and donations they received (some from outside the country) by posting on social media, many children have been able to survive.