- Until now, the total number of doctors who were permanently hired during the pandemic is unknown.
- The Wellness Doctors platform launched a call in which there are 13,600 places available for health workers.
- In addition, more than 32,000 first-level doctors have been trained in mental health issues.
Members of the Health Commission, chaired by Senator Lilia Margarita Valdez Martínez, approved an opinion to request a report from the Ministry of Health regarding the allocation and regularization of positions for doctors and health personnel, who provided care to the population during the Covid-19 pandemic and who were hired on an occasional basis.
It should be remembered that given the seriousness of the health emergency that peaked in the first quarter of 2020, the federal government implemented actions in national and private hospitals to provide care to patients who developed the disease.
Job Options for Medical Staff
With this, the senators highlighted in the opinion, The Government recruited thousands of doctors who as such did not have a work space in public health centers, but who became front-line personnel to combat the pandemic.
But given the decrease in serious cases, due to the arrival of vaccines against the disease, most of the centers that were opened in an emergency to provide care against Covid-19 have gradually closed.
“In this way, the doctors who were attached to these care centers were again outside the affiliation of government institutions.”
The document also refers to the fact that the federal Executive made an open invitation to all health personnel in the country to participate in 13,600 places for health workers, who can register through the page of Wellness Physicians.
So, in Acapulco there are 13 open calls for 11 municipalities, as well as for Sonora, Nayarit, Colima and Yucatán, among other states.
The true heroes of the pandemic must not be abandoned
In addition, it was revealed that the Health Institute for Wellness (Insabi) trains nurses, social workers and general practitioners, and that, to date, It has more than 32,000 first-level care people trained in the most common mental health situationswhich will make it possible to attend to mild cases at the first level, crises at the second level, and the most acute cases at the third level.
“This plan and schedule represents a vision of what is intended to be done. However, there is no information on the health personnel that to date has already been regularized and is part of any health institution in our country. We must not turn our backs on these heroes, they have been supportive, they have risked their lives to fight the pandemic. Let us be grateful to those who save lives every day, let us recognize their work and continue to reward their work and profession,” the legislators considered.
They stressed that given the positions that unfortunately remained vacant due to the deaths of personnel who lost their lives in the service of duty, the Ministry of Health would be able to incorporate doctors who are not affiliated with any institution in the health sector. .
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