- AMLO promised places to all the medical personnel who were working and were hired to face the pandemic.
- The measure is part of the new Federal Government Welfare health plan that plans to federalize health care.
- The ‘basification’ of medical personnel will be implemented gradually in the states that are adhering to the new health system, said the president.
President López Obrador expressed his gratitude to the health workers who, despite the adversities, provided their services to face the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and promised to provide them with places.
“We are very grateful to nurses, doctors because they acted as heroes and heroines during the pandemic. We are going to fulfill the commitment with them that all those who were working and were hired to face the pandemic will have their basestheir squares”, he advanced.
The measure is part of the new health plan for the Welfare of the Federal Government that plans to federalize state medical care to have greater control and be able to guarantee the right to health for the entire population, especially those who lack social security and who lives in remote places.
The ‘basification’ of medical personnel will be implemented gradually in the states that are adhering to the new health system, said the president.
“We have already started, what happens is that we are doing it in an orderly manner. The model is Nayarit, and we are already in Tlaxcala”.
IMSS: Duration of vacancies for pandemic doctors or will NOT depend on hospital needs
On the other hand, it was announced that the duration of the places for doctors that the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) will grant they could last from a day, a fortnight, months or permanently according to the requirements and needs of hospitals, clinics and care units in the country, explained Edgar Quiroz Ramos, clinical coordinator of the General Hospital of Zone 197, located in Texcoco, State of Mexico.
After clarifying that the National Union of Social Security Workers is the “in charge of the squares” and of having issued subpoenas to several specialists to apply for the National Day of Recruitment and Hiring of Medical Specialists that will grant, immediately, 13 thousand 765 places distributed throughout the countryQuiroz Ramos detailed in an interview with MILENIO about the variable temporality of these places.
“It may be that (the specialist) is hired under scheme 08, which is renewed every 15 days, depending on the needs required to cover the position. You can also be given a contract for one day, or I can contract you for 10 days depending on the hospital’s needs.
“The reasons are diverse. Whether the holder of the position is on vacation, for example, if he leaves from May 30 to June 5, then I can only give you a contract on May 29, 30 and 31. I can’t give you a contract before. I am going to hire you for two days in the next fortnight and if I can hire you later, it may be three or four days, they will be notified”.
Positions for doctors in Mexico: These are the 5 specialties with the most places
According to Zoé Robledo, the five specialties most in need of staff are:
- Internal medicine (1,753 vacancies)
- Surgical medical emergencies (1,728 vacancies)
- Gynecology and Obstetrics (1,572 vacancies)
- Pediatrics (1,517 vacancies)
- Anesthesiology (1,367 vacancies)
These specialties represent 57 percent of the need for doctors across the country and WILL HAVE MORE LOCATIONS.
However, it is also looking for general surgeons, orthopedists, family doctors, cardiologists, psychiatrists, traumatologists, ophthalmologists, urologists, dermatologistsetc.
Those interested must enter between noon on May 24 and until June 3 at the Web page www.medicosespecialistas.gob.mx to carry out the due registration in which, among other information, they must indicate their specialty, the job interest on duty, as well as the place to work.
Subsequently, on June 7, the results of the call will be presented and the invitation to accepted applicants will be carried out.
In this way, Robledo Aburto explained, on June 11 there will be 32 reception and documentation review tables, so that the applicants will begin their hiring process.
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