translated from Spanish: AMLO proposes that retired doctors return to a lack of specialists

In the absence of specialists in the health sector throughout the country, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Saturday raised the return of retired doctors to work to fill vacancies and thus ensure medical care for the entire population.
In leading a dialogue with the community of the Hospital San José del Rincón, State of Mexico, the representative stated that “the consequences” of neoliberal measures taken in the past are being paid off and that they stopped the training of doctors, so in his government he was will encourage more health specialists.
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In his speech, López Obrador added that his government plans to “rescue” the health system by allocating 40 billion pesos in order to increase the number of doctors, improve the supply of medicines and boost hospital infrastructure.
Just last May, directors of at least 11 federal health institutions, such as Cancerology and Neurology, called for cuts made to the Health sector in 2019.
Doctors argued that the cut of more than 2.3 billion pesos to Health in this year’s budget directly affects patient care, as they suffer from shortages in medicines, treatments and facilities.
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At that time the president replied that all medical institutes in Mexico have sufficient budget to care for patients.
“If there is a lack of medicines or equipment in the institutes immediately it is resolved, because there is a budget, but also that it is absolutely clear, for the health of the people, for the education of the people, there is no limit in terms of budget,” he said.
With information from Notimex.
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Original source in Spanish