Margarita Zavala responds to López-Gatell about pharmacies

The deputy of the PAN, Margarita Zavala, launched against Hugo López-Gatell and Morena for the statements of the Undersecretary of Health about the offices of pharmacies, which she considered “a great deception” that puts the health of Mexicans at risk. Through her official Twitter account, Margarita Zavala responded to López-Gatell and came to the defense of the pharmacy offices, warning that closing them would mainly affect “the middle class and the poorest.” In addition, he lashed out at Morena for its intention to close those clinics eventually, as he accused that they also eliminated popular insurance and dismantled the country’s public health system to create the Health Institute for Welfare (Insabi), promoted by the AMLO government. It was not enough for them to destroy popular insurance, nor to dismantle the health system in Mexico; now Morena wants to close the offices of the pharmacies. It is one more of his cruel measures against the middle class and the poorest in Mexico,” wrote the wife of former President Felipe Calderón. Margarita Zavala launched against Morena and López-Gatell for the statements against the pharmacy offices. Image: Twitter What did Lopez-Gatell say about pharmacy offices? Margarita Zavala’s statements were in response to what the Undersecretary of Health said during AMLO’s La Mañanera on Tuesday, August 16, where he warned that the doctors’ offices of pharmacies are “a great deception” and put people’s health at risk. Questioned on the subject, Hugo López-Gatell accused that this type of establishment belongs to companies whose main objective is the massive sale of medicines, so he considered that it would be best for them to disappear.” It is actually a great deception, the offices adjacent to the pharmacy do not solve health problems of greater importance, “warned the Undersecretary of Health.He explained that someone with conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, chronic or heart diseases, could not be treated in a pharmacy office and even “could endanger their health and their life.” López-Gatell also criticized the working conditions of doctors who work in pharmacies, since he assures that they do not have benefits, do not generate seniority and are pressured to act as drug sales agents. “That is the main interest, it is not to give consultation, it is not to solve health problems,” he added. We recommend you read: However, he acknowledged that it is not possible to close this type of clinic immediately, since there is currently not a sufficient supply of doctors and public health centers in the country: “We can not cancel them outright, the desirable thing is that they do not exist.” Therefore, the official said that there will be a “transition phase” that will seek to meet the needs of the population with the new public health system promoted by the AMLO government.



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