Authorities of Social Security and the Ministry of Health summoned to the legislature due to hospital situation

The appearances must be made at the Health Commission within ten days, and after that a report must be presented to the plenary session.

The plenary session of the legislature of this January 4 approved a resolution raised by the legislator Juan Lloret (UNES), so that the president of the board of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security, the members of the board of directors and the general director of the IESS.

The purpose is to explain the financial situation of the health fund of the Institute under their charge, the current situation of the provision of health services in the different departments of the IESS, the budget planning for 2022, as well as the actions to be taken to solve the pending debt that is maintained with external providers of the first and second level, and specialized providers with whom the IESS maintains pending payment commitments, taking into account the deterioration that could cause in the health service to the affiliates; session to be held within a maximum period of ten days.

The Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón, was also invited to appear to explain the situation of the different centers for the provision of health services, the level of supply of medicines, the 2022 budget programming, non-compliance with the Law. Humanitarian in relation to the appointments of the doctors who worked during the pandemic, and to report on the actions to be taken to solve the pending debt that is maintained with external providers with whom the Ministry of Public Health has pending payment commitments ; appearance that will take place within a maximum period of ten days.

To take PCR tests and antigens in ministerial health units, a medical prescription will be required, announces Ximena Garzón

The resolution, approved with 91 votes, orders the legislative table to prepare a report in which the conditions in which the health system is located are established, as well as the actions to be taken and the deadlines to solve the delicate situation that the health system maintains. users of medical provision centers and is referred to the plenary session of the National Assembly for its knowledge and resolution within a maximum period of thirty days. (I)

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