translated from Spanish: Subscribe CDMX centralisation of health

CDMX-the city of Mexico became the entity # 16 on the country and the first central region in signing the federalization of health care, including drug distribution. The head of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum and the federal Commissioner of the central region of the health services, Pedro Centeno, signed an agreement to guarantee the right to the protection of the health of the population and make it effective access to health care and free drugs to people without social security. With this, the city seeks to save up to 20 percent of the 2 billion pesos a year that you spend on the purchase of drugs.
The federalization process will be gradual, we consider that in six years will be achieved already have a unique system of Health said Pedro Centeno.

The issue of the purchase of medicines will be consolidated in the Federation, starting from the month of June the head of government initiates the process for next year said that these Federal tenders cover 90 per cent of medicines of the 2019 Ciudad.En the local Government has open contracts of medicines to eliminate local bids once the Federation to take over.

The Secretariat of Salud of the Ciudad Oliva López Arellano said there are 80 per cent of the supply of medicinal products in hospitals, after receiving the Administration with a distribution of only 20 percent.

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