“However, the federal government has failed to guarantee the quality and quantity of care for the people. Today there are more unattended prescriptions than before and hospitals and health centers are, in many places, in worse conditions”, he assured.
Appearing before the Senate Health Commission, Jorge Alcocer Varela said that the health budget increased 71% between 2018 and 2023, and that, despite the pandemic and the dismantling of the health system, they have implemented actions to improve hospitals and clinics.
But the PRD legislator questioned the hiring of Cuban doctors to work in hospitals in Mexico and the shortage of medicines.
“It is a fact that medicines are lacking, they give you the prescription but they do not give you the medicine, that is real. There is a lack of doctors, they even brought Cubans, who I imagine must be witches because, if there is no medicine, I cannot imagine how the Cubans are going to cure the Mexicans, ”she launched.
The PRD senator said that the Insabi has been unable to serve the population, he recalled that he could not buy all the medicines with the UN agency and corruption in the acquisition of health supplies and medical equipment continued.
“They made fun of Seguro Popular, which was neither safe nor popular, and now Insabi is worse,” he said.
