For centuries, health and disease have been events that, in addition to promoting their study, have amazed humanity. At present, the progress and well-being of a small community or a great nation is inconceivable without a health system that meets the needs of the citizens.
The health system in our country was abandoned by the PRI and PAN governments, they didn’t mind investing in it, that’s why we now have a program to rebuild this system and improve the care of this fundamental aspect for our society. The beginning of this change has already occurred in the state of Nayarit and this year 14 more states will be added, including Durango.
The Mexican Institute of Social Security and the National Institute of Health for Welfare -which allocates the resources for its application- participate in this program, through which the infrastructure for the health care of Mexicans is rehabilitated, to have better services and the IMSS provides the care model.
This Well-Being Health model has already been launched in Nayarit (for 6 months they have had a governor committed to his people), and 100 health centers have already been rehabilitated and work is underway on 114 more centers.
Through a scheme of mixing resources from federal resources, better services will be provided to the more than 60 million Mexicans who do not have social security, in addition, through work groups, the purchase of medicines has been perfected in order to have a better supply and with it more timely treatments for diseases that affect the population.
As president of the Health Commission of the Senate of the Republic, I am proud of the rescue that is made of our health system, the interest that is shown by the health authorities and the unity in criteria of Mexican institutions.
Convinced by training that health is a human right and not a privilege, I reiterate my commitment to fight for an increase in the budget allocated to the national health system and this has repercussions on a better service that includes prevention through investigation of all the diseases that we suffer.