Consolidating a “New model of health management” in the state of Zulia is one of the important fronts that the Governor Manuel Rosales Guerrero and his government team, in his “immediate action” plan to recover hospitals and that patients receive the care they deserve.
This was confirmed by the doctor María Moreno, Secretary of Health of Zulia state, in statements offered in an interview with an important audiovisual medium in the capital of Zulia.
“We are already evaluating and reviewing what will be the “New Model of Health Management”, one of the flags of our governor Manuel Rosales, in his first government, and it guaranteed patients free medications and medical examinations, as well as care in different specialties, and the maintenance of the infrastructures”, he explained.
The Secretary of Health of the state of Zulia, also indicated that: “We have made available to the Ministry of Health, all our proposals to work in coordination with all levels of government. We cannot politicize health in our state, nor in the country, we have to optimize resources wherever they come from. In addition, we have established alliances and agreements with national and international health organizations.”
He stressed that they are reviewing the requests for emergencies, as far as medication request is concerned. “All of that work is being done to optimize patient care.”
He added that before the migration of health personnel and doctors: “They continue to attract new personnel, nurses, doctors who want to join this management. We are doing a great job at the level of the entire Zulia health area.”
“It is unfortunate how the Zulia State Health System is. We were an envied health model, where the patient was treated with dignity in comfortable facilities and timely care”, Indian.
He stressed that the community has joined the recovery of health centers, and one of those examples is Villa del Rosario. “The pavilions were recovered, the air conditioners were repaired, at the initiative of the inhabitants themselves, and this has been done in other health centers.”
Recovery of the Hospital General del Sur
“We found the adult and pediatric emergencies at the Hospital General del Sur without air conditioning, which led to a series of infrastructure problems, In recent years, due to lack of maintenance, the bathrooms did not work, the emergency pavilion was closed, likewise, the waterproofing of the areas is urgent. Due to this problem and it is a type 4 hospital, which makes it a reference center for the municipality of San Francisco, Cañada de Urdaneta, the Eastern Coast of the Lake and the Perijá subregion, it was decided to a very important investment of more than 1 million 500 thousand bolívares for the reconditioning and equipping of the areas”, Moreno explained.
He added that: “At this time the emergency cannot be paralyzed, for which an additional investment is made, for a provisional emergency, located in the old internal consultation area, that is already being reconditioned and to be able to start the recovery work of the emergency of that hospital center, which will work under the New Model of Health Management”.
Supervision of maternity and outpatient clinics
Regarding the operation of maternity hospitals in the capital of Zulia, Moreno stated: “The San Francisco and Cuatricentenario maternity hospitals remain closed, both the obstetrics service and the pediatrics service and we are already working to reactivate these care centers.”
Outpatient clinics have been guaranteeing primary health care. “Today a supervision is being carried out in the municipality of Lagunillas and we have been evaluating the Ambulatory Network of the state of Zulia, to strengthen this primary health care”.
Regarding the surgeries that were carried out in public hospitals, Moreno announced that In the next few days, Governor Manuel Rosales Guerrero will be announcing the reactivation of cataract surgeries, hernias and other interventions. carried out at the state level.
Follow the immunization once morest Covid-19
In another order of ideas, the head of the regional Health portfolio highlighted that anticovid vaccination continues in the entity. “We have been increasing immunization in the state. When we assumed the Ministry of Health, we found a record of 1 million 700 people vaccinated with the first dose. Today 2 million 64 thousand people have received the immunization and as for the second dose we already have 1 million 863 thousand people. We have a good percentage of coverage, since we started the re-impulse day, by instructions of the Governor of the state, Manuel Rosales”.
He reiterated the importance of vaccination. “From the moment we receive the vaccine, our body begins to create antibodies to fight the virus.”
Moreno highlighted that they are still enabled as vaccination points: the Regional Epidemiology headquarters, outpatient clinics, hospitals and CDIs and the days that are merited in the different dependencies of the Government of Zulia are maintained.
