An uncomfortable moment lived the Minister of Health, Rosa Gutiérrez, because a group of protesters came to the construction site of the new El Carmen hospital in Huancayo, where the official was carrying out an inspection together with the regional governor of Junín, Zósimo Cárdenas and other authorities. There she was shouted “murderer” in reference to the dozens of fatalities that have left the clashes between the National Police and the protesters demanding the resignation of Dina Boluarte.
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“All the protests are legitimate and I ask our health workers, how many years has our sector been abandoned? We don’t have hospitals built, just 7 years ago we started this hospital process, I have 840 million soles to strengthen the health posts and centers, talking to each other we understand each other, I’m not afraid of shouting or anything, because just like you I have a family and a father with cancer in Nueva Esperanza – Ayacucho and his medicines cannot reach him due to the protests. It saddens me that many hospitals do not receive equipment, tons of medicines because the roads are blocked, ”he said.
He also assured that for the first time in history, 100% of the budget destined for Junín in January is being delivered to purchase equipment and medicines, he also regretted that a tomograph and resonator cannot be brought to the region due to fear blockades and road closures.
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When asked about the early elections, she reiterated that the ball is in the court of Congress. “That vote must be carried out immediately. They tell me “the minister is going to resign”, but in the midst of so much upheaval with sick patients in the ICU, am I going to abandon ship? It is not possible that so many patients are harmed, for example in Ica we only had oxygen until the day before yesterday until 7 at night due to the clogged airways, ”she said.
She also called for dialogue with the protesters and that they consider that many health processes are being obstructed, however, she clarified that she, like all health personnel, have no political color “Here there are no lefts or rights, there are no borders (for care ) he pointed.
