La Jornada – Doctor Cosío Farias “was not integrated into Covid teams”: IMSS

Mexico City. The Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) released a video message from the director of the Pediatric Hospital of the Siglo XXI National Medical Center, Rocío Cárdenas Navarrete, in which she points out that Dr. Ana Paola de Cosío Farias, who made her resignation public in networks In the face of alleged irregularities in the application of the Covid-19 vaccine, “it was not integrated into Covid teams since last October”, despite which it was scheduled to be vaccinated in the first days of this month.

After in a video broadcast on social networks, Dr. De Cosío, specialized in pediatrics and endocrinology, pointed out that there is “iniquity, gandalism of authorities and lack of vaccine”, the director of the nocosomio in which she was assigned said that the The vaccine is being applied in the first stage to all health workers who participate in Covid hospitals, and “priority is being given to those who are in the first line of battle, that is, to those who have direct contact with patients ”.

He #IMSS endorses the commitment with the workers of the #CMNSXXI Pediatric Hospital.

The # VaccineCOVID19 It will be for everyone, the safety of health personnel is a priority given the increase in infections of #COVID19 in Mexico City. pic.twitter.com/UKjdVcyrWK

– IMSS (@Tu_IMSS) January 2, 2021

He added that the immunization of health workers is expected to be completed by the end of January. And he assured that “so far there are no complaints about any worker who is not in this front line of battle and who has been given the vaccine.”

Cárdenas Navarrete, affirmed that the vaccine against the new coronavirus “will be for everyone and will reach everyone, so the IMSS works to ensure that no one skips the line, so that there are no arbitrariness, that there is no influentialism”, adding that The payment of the Covid bonus will be managed to all personnel who have not yet benefited, in accordance with the established requirements.

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