2024-02-03 13:04:00
He Ministry of Health and Sports of the province of Mendoza stated that the public sector will be able to support the increase in demand due to the increase in the prices of prepaid medicine, after the deregulation of service fees.
Also, it has been observed that the population does not hesitate to choose the subsector given that Mendoza Public Health, assured the director of Hospitals, Jorge Pérez. “What we have seen in recent months is that the population does not find answers to the attention to which prepaid and social works should respond, which has generated an increase of 5% in some public providers and in others, up to 15%. %”he explained.
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The director of Hospitals, Jorge Pérez, referred to the situation of the health system in the province of Mendoza.
“Public health will always respond but, like any system, it has a limit and will become stressed to the extent that the population continues to migrate.“said the official.
The Government affirms that it will be able to support the demand in the public health system
Likewise, he stated that “health is for all the inhabitants of Mendoza and Although an important segment addresses it, in the public sector, we also have private entities and no one can be distracted when it comes to their responsibilities.”.
Along with the escalation of prices which, in some cases such as medicines, is around 200%, patients have no respite from the costs -essential for the majority- that they must face to address their health problems. health. Prepaid medicine companies have already announced that in the first two months of the year the fees will skyrocket by a cumulative 76%.
The saber blow will be 40% for January, to be collected in February, and then, cumulatively, another 26% will be added. If someone paid 100 thousand pesos at the end of the year, at the beginning of March they will have to pay 176 thousand. Suffocating for most.
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