The Cuban specialists who arrived in the Mexican state of Morelos last January and publicized their experience in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Guatemala and Pakistan, “have not taken up their duties” because they do not have a professional license. According to the president of the Federated Colleges of Medicine AC María Reyna Bárcenas Hurtado, “around 20 toilets” have already been returned to Mexico City.
Bárcenas Hurtado told 14ymedio that during a supervision by the health centers of Axochiapan, Ocuituco, Tetecala and Temixco, it was verified that the specialty of the Cuban doctors “did not correspond to that required in these hospitals, especially in the Temixco regional one.”
In the last week of March, the leader of the union of the Ministry of Health, Gil Magadán Salazar, denounced that the specialists on the island “did not have experience” and stressed that “the official Mexican norm requires that doctors have their professional license to exercise, and it is a requirement that they do not meet because they have not processed the apostille of their documents issued in Cuba”.
Magadán Salazar spoke of three cases: “one said he was an anesthesiologist, but he did not want to enter due to a blockage, we have a dermatologist who has not consulted and the others seem to be gerontologists, areas that we do not require.” That is why they were enrolled in a training program.
The last week of March, the leader of the union of the Ministry of Health, Gil Magadán Salazar, denounced that the specialists of the Island “did not have experience”.
According to Bárcenas Hurtado, the specialists “arranged to go to talks but never showed up.” In addition, he says that it is up to the federal authorities to make known what will happen to these doctors.
Despite the fact that there is a letter signed by the Morelos Health Secretariat Union, where it is noted that “they should not be hired” due to the lack of certification, a source confirmed to this medium that “no payment has been stopped” to the Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos, SA For each specialist, the company of the Government of Cuba pointed out for human trafficking and forced labor, receives $2,042 per month.
The sites that remained vacant, Bárcenas Hurtado explained, should be covered by specialists, but “we are waiting for the response to the letter presented to the state Health Secretariat.”
Meanwhile, in the state of San Luis Potosí, Governor Ricardo Gallardo Cardona confirmed last March, without specifying the number, the arrival of specialists from Cuba. This Monday, the State Health Secretariat and the Mexican Social Security Institute indicated that there are 113 places available, but it has not been defined how many will be occupied by foreigners.
The College of the Medical Profession of the State of San Luis Potosí asserted that Cuban toilets “are not prepared and before being hired they must be certified by the Medical College.”
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