The Government would analyze the implementation of a public-private partnership for the industry Health.
According to Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón, have made rapprochements with spanish companies who are interested in a public-private partnership with the Government.
He pointed out, although without going into details, what the mechanism would be like and clarified that it is not a privatization of health.
“It is a public-private alliance in which a private company builds the hospital, equips you to the hospital and is in charge of the physical administration of the hospital, that is, it hires maintenance, cleaning, security, food and, instead, the medical part corresponds to us as the Ministry of Health (…) to guarantee good care for patients,” he said in an interview with radio sound, but did not give deadlines or dates.
For Victor Alvarez, president of Pichincha College of Physiciansit would be necessary to analyze the scope of a possible agreement and how it would work, that is, who would have the authority or who would have the steering process.
Alvarez indicated that the Garzon’s statements have generated a little concern between health professionals and the guild that presides over it, sees it as a way to start a luck “Privatization of medicine”.
Wilson Tenorio, president of College of Physicians of Guayas, He wondered how it would work in a budgetary way and if there will be access to health for Ecuadorians.
On a recent visit from a government delegation to Chinaaccording to a statement from the Ministry of Health, in a meeting with the Chinese state company Avic, the ambulance supply, aircraft for medical rescue and hospital equipment for nursing homes.
There would be at least three steps to obtain medicines in a pharmacy outsourcing project
About him hospital supplyGarzón maintained that he is among the 65% and 70% on average of the hospitals of that State portfolio, for which he estimated that until the end of this month it will be 80%.
This ministry has under its administration 135 hospitals at the national level.
He added that they are doing agreements with international organizations of the United Nations so that there is the provision of medicines, especially those that are difficult to acquire in Ecuador destined for rare and catastrophic diseases which could arrive semi-annually or annually.
At your discretion, that way there would be no shortage and purchases by special regime would be avoided.
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announced the formation of a specific fund for drug acquisition of high cost for rare and orphan diseases, especially, although the financing mechanism is sought.
Source: Eluniverso
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