Marginalized areas of the country lack health services due to a shortage of medical professionals

LaSalud.mx.– Mexico needs 200,000 female doctors, general practitioners and specialists to provide health services to people who are deprived of social security in marginalized areas of large cities or who are difficult to reach in rural areas of the country, according to the President of the Republic. Directorate General of Quality and Health Education (DGCES), Jose Luis García Sega.

Appearing on behalf of the Minister of Health, Jorge Alcocer Varela, At the graduation ceremony for residents in Mexico City, the head of the General Directorate of Social Services said that by training new professionals, the strategy put in place by the Mexican government to address the shortage of female doctors, general practitioners and specialists in the country is advancing.

García Ceja explained that the task that has been pending for decades must be solved in countries such as Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero, who were not protected by this right. In our country there are one-third of the medical professionals that a nation should have per hundred thousand inhabitants, according to the recommendations of the World Health Organizations. “This is unfortunate because efforts have been made to improve health.”

Alumni asked that regardless of whether they work on a public or private initiative, always Providing high quality medical services With a human sense, especially for those who lack social security.

On behalf of the President of the Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum Bardot, local health department, Oliva Lopez Arellano, He was excited about the 310 new professionals joining healthcare with a commitment to transforming and ensuring the right to health protection for people without social security.

He remembered what he was doing Three years ago, the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Mexico City And in the country. “We are living in difficult times and we have had to face multiple challenges. However, with the participation of the federal government, the Ministry of Health and training bodies such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), we have a completely different situation.”

He said that the health emergency showed the importance of people’s health conditions on their quality of life and the development of associated diseases. There are outstanding tasks such as deepening prevention and timely detection of non-communicable chronic diseaseswhich played an important role in severe cases and deaths from Covid-19.

Director of Training, Medical Modernization and Research at the Mexico City Ministry of Health, Lilia Elena Monroe RamirezHe highlighted the involvement of administration staff and heads of education to improve training and academic programs.

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