The federal government resumes actions to improve the public health system: AMLO

Nestor Jimenez and Angelica Enciso

Newspaper La Jornada
Friday, February 11, 2022, p. 13

Given the decrease in the intensity of the pandemic and covid-19 infections, the federal government resumed actions to improve the public health system, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said yesterday, endorsing his objective in this line: it is a commitment, it is going to be one of the best public health systems in the world.

He announced that by the end of this year there will be progress in 26 entities, with health systems first class.

The president recalled that, as one of the first actions in his management, he visited 80 hospitals of the IMSS-Wellness system to guarantee service to those who do not have any type of social security. The pandemic hit us and we had to act as an emergency, but fortunately, he said, it’s already happening, so we’re starting againhe added.

Referring to this goal during his morning press conference at the National Palace, he explained that officials from the sector began visiting various entities of the Republic to make an evaluation of all health centers and hospitals.

More medical personnel and order in the payment system

This process has already been developed in 12 entities and is close to materializing in Sonora. The reviews will give rise to the hiring of medical personnel and specialists, ordering the workers’ payment system, improving facilities, equipment and ensuring the delivery of medicines.

We are committed to the fact that by the end of this year we will already have 26 states with first-class health systems, as all Mexicans deserve, free medical care and medicines, from the bottom up, first level of hospital carehe detailed.

After the federal Executive announced last weekend that the land of the failed refinery in Tula, Hidalgo, will be used for the construction of a hospital, the general director of the IMSS, Zoé Robledo, stated that the nosocomio will replace the hospital that was It was recently damaged by floods, and will be used to build a larger one with the intention of completing it in March 2023.

In addition, as part of the Justice plan for Cananea, Sonora, for which a progress report was presented, Robledo said that this program includes the strengthening of the Family Medicine Unit in this municipality, the improvement of the Agua Prieta Hospital and the transfer of 14 medical centers in six municipalities.

From the plan agreed on July 4 of last year, 1,119 workers have registered to access support for 5,258 pesos per month that will be dispersed with the solidarity fund for 10 years formed between the federal government, the state government and the company Grupo Mexico.