The emergence of the Intecnus nuclear medicine center and its diversification into other services altered the map of the local health system, including the two large private sanatoriums whose directors do not see with good eyes the progress of this undertakingmanaged by a foundation in which the National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEA) participates.
who would feel harmed are the San Carlos Sanatorium and the Regional Private Hospitalwhich for years absorbed a large part of the services demanded by prepaid and social works and benefits in general that exceed the public hospital.
The arm wrestling included “pass” from numerous doctors from one institution to another, with the formation of the new Intecnus campus, which began operating in December 2017 in its colorful headquarters located on provincial route 82.
From a prepaid medicine firm they assured that among the private health companies with the greatest presence in the market The initiative arose to resort to Justice with an action for “unfair competition” against the new institution, but the version could not be confirmed.
The legal affairs manager of Intecnus, Natacha Vázquez, denied that there is such a lawsuit and that if it existed they were never notified.
This medium tried to contact a director of the San Carlos sanatorium, but they preferred not to talk about the subject and proposed to refer to the Federation of Clinics of Río Negro, which did not respond to the query.
The general manager of Intecnus, Luis Rovere, assured that they are “absolutely” unaware that there is a formal litigation, although he accepted that there had been situations of “tension” with some doctors who joined Intecnus.
He clarified that this entity does not require professionals to have an exclusive relationship, and that it is normal for doctors to practice autonomously and for various employers. But you do know that other sanatoriums have forced to “choose” their professionals between “stay or go to Intecnus”.
The sticking point would be the difference in format and purpose between the health center managed by the State to cover cancer benefits that did not exist in Bariloche and the purely private institutions.
The press secretary of the Bariloche Medical CollegeIván Mosca, said that there could have been a roughness “at the beginning”, when Intecnus began to provide services, more than four years ago, but now coexistence was normalized and “does not generate major inconvenience” in the medical environment.
He recognized that in the new scenario there is “a greater demand for doctors” and there are many who have settled in the city in recent times. In his opinion, if there is any discomfort with the diversification of the offer of benefits that Intecnus introduced, it is because of “the commercial context” and he observed that the different companies and institutions “need labor and each doctor chooses his best option.”
But Mosca ruled out that there is an open confrontation between the sanatoriums and Intecnus. “I wouldn’t go from school to comment on a conflict where there isn’t one,” he said.
Vázquez considered it important to highlight “how Intecnus came to Bariloche” and recalled that the starting point was a national decree 831/2015, which created a national plan to “federalize” access to health through a nuclear medicine program designed to guarantee such benefits where they did not exist. Until then, cancer patients from Bariloche were forced to travel to the Alto Valle.
Vázquez said that there are similar centers in Formosa, Santa Cruz, Mendoza, Entre Ríos and La Pampa, among other provinces. He stressed that this deployment is part of “a national public policy” and all the centers are managed by foundations, of which CNEA is a member.
“By their constitution they do not pursue profit., also clarified the lawyer. That characteristic would be the main difference and the most notorious risk factor with private companies, which would have complained about the impossibility of matching the large investment of the State in buildings and highly sophisticated equipment, to provide services through a scheme equivalent to that of any institution. particular.
From Intecnus they clarified that the center created in Bariloche allows to offer benefits of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and oncological treatments that did not exist before. They have lightning, laboratory and other services, similar to those that can be found in other private firms.
Vázquez added that Intecnus has a structure dedicated to research and permanent training of professionals in nuclear medicine and medical physics.
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