The Minister of Health, Jorge Lopez Penaconfirmed that he will attend the call made by the Health Commission of Congress, and affirmed that he is not afraid of censorship by the national representation.
In statements to the press, after supervising a vaccination activity in the Parque de las Leyendas, he stated that he will work with the medical unions.
“I am going to go to Congress, I would like to tell the population in general that I am working together with other authoritiestomorrow and Tuesday we are going to work together with the medical unions to see the problems of the health sector“, said.
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“[¿Le tiene miedo a una censura del Congreso?] No, I’m not afraid of him, I’m going to present myself in Congress.” referred,
The working group’s summons is for this Tuesday, April 12 at 11 in the morning. The official letter signed by the president of the Commission, Hitler Saavedra, indicates that the head of the Minsa must expose issues such as the situation of his sector and the National Health System.
Likewise, it must present the policy guidelines, sectoral public policies and management measures. And actions to strengthen the first level of care.
You will also have to explain what measures you are going to take to restore dialogue and trust with the medical profession and the Health sector servers and the status of the sanctioning administrative process initiated by EsSalud, among other points.
López Peña recently replaced Hernán Condori in the position of minister, who was censored by Congress due to the questions that existed against him for his work as a doctor.
