The federal government anticipates that by April 18 it will have hired between 90 and 100% of the 6 thousand 600 medical and 12 thousand 300 nurses needed to address the pandemic for Covid-19, reported Alejandro Svarch Pérez, head of the National Medical Coordination of the Institute of Health for Welfare (Insabi).
“Tomorrow we begin the registration of applications and the staff selection period, for April 6 the hiring begins, on April 7 and 9, between 20 and 25% of our deficit would be hired to attend Covid-19.
“By April 10 and 13 we must have 40 and 50% of our human resources, between April 14 and 17, 70 to 75%, and finally, from April 18 to 20, to hire 90 to 100% of our resources to attend the pandemic, “he said.
He explained that the call “Mexico vs Covid-19” It intends to hire general practitioners or specialists in non-critical areas and will allow the health spaces to be reorganized, using a cascade care model.
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That is, an intensivist doctor, or specialized in intensive care, will become the head of a group of five general practitioners or specialists in other areas, but who have been trained for Covid-19; this group will attend to 25 critically ill patients and the same scheme would be replicated for nursing “, he stressed.
At the same time, Zoé Robledo, director of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), said that the recruitment to attend Covid-19 is an effort of all health institutions, in addition to being a called “patriotic and solidary”.
He added that this contract will be for a period of six months, and health professionals will have competitive salaries, social security, sector training, as well as an additional incentive for general practitioners who will take a medical residency exam in September, since It will give them higher scores on this test.
“These incentives are due to the fact that those 6 months will be dedicated to the epidemic and perhaps they do not have enough time to study for what they say, it is the most difficult exam in our country. Of the salaries, on average, a specialist doctor earns 34,755 pesos, a general practitioner is around 26,600 pesos, “he explained.
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