The Minister of Health, Rosa Gutiérrez, urged the regional governors to start the process of purchasing medicines, to meet the demand for care and treatment of Peruvian families throughout the country.
The head of the sector reported that his management has transferred S/ 2,126 million so that the regional authorities arrange the acquisition of medicines and make improvements in the services.
“I ask the regional governments to start the process of purchasing and improving services. Let’s work together for a better country, ”he commented on RPP.
As indicated, has provided S/ 840 million to make 100% operational this year. “We have to work for health to recover,” she specified.
bivalent vaccines
So, he mentioned that bivalent vaccines against covid-19 risk not arriving on time to the different regions of the country, as well as the brigade members and nurses who are mobilizing to comply with the immunization of people over 60 years of age.
“We have made an effort to have more than 1 million 200 thousand bivalent vaccines and more than 3,200 contract brigade members, such as nurses. Everything is put at risk if they attack the staff and the vaccines do not arrive on time, because they thaw and are lost, ”he said.
Likewise, he said that regular vaccination is also being put at risk, and with it, opening the possibility that diseases that have been overcome, such as polio, may reappear in the country.
Finally, he reported that the Minsa currently has 15,000 health professionals ready to be at the service of the population, from the centers and posts that operate at the first level of care.
“They are professionals who have to carry out their Rural and Marginal Urban Service (Serums) throughout the country, and if the road occupations by protesters continue, health posts and centers will not be able to be attended to,” he pointed out.
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Published: 1/25/2023
