:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/V76JCPY2U5CXXJOSMBN3GLOYGI.jpg "Carolina Corcho meets with the international community to share aspects of Health reform")
To share common aspects of Colombia’s health system reform, Karolina Cork, the head of the portfolio, met with nearly 50 representatives of the international community. This was conveyed by the Ministry’s official Twitter account:
“We met with the embassies of the UK, Israel, the US, Canada, Costa Rica, Brazil and Chile, with delegates from the UN system and multilateral financing and development support entities, to discuss proposed health reforms.
In another shake, he added that: “The cooperators showed interest in the progress being made towards the reform proposals and supporting pillars such as primary care, integrated and comprehensive network organization, and public management of public resources.”
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Carolina Corcho revealed that the sector and unions had agreed. The official added that he was continuing to listen to proposals that improve on what was proposed
Based on Minister of Health, the meeting made it possible to identify areas of interest to channel the support of the international community interested in accompanying the reform process. A few days earlier, president Gustavo Petro met with the CEO of PT WHO (World Health Organization), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesusin the middle of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
From the Presidency of the Republic, it was assured that WHO “will send a commission of experts to Colombia in the coming days to assist the discussion of health reform.”
In the middle health reform minister will do Karolina Corkfrom the Health Promotion Board (EPS) They stated that they hoped the Minister of Finance, José Antonio Ocampoimmersed in this project which, among other things, will seek to reform the way healthcare is provided in the country.
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Current portfolio leaders assure that the initiative already has the voice of more than 800 social organizations and nearly 1,500 associations in every region of the country.
Several EPS leaders assured that they feared Ocampo would resign from the Government because he would be the only executive officer to give them peace of mind regarding the future of their entity. Further, some of them confirmed that from Treasury They were told they had the financial resources ready and all that was left was the Health portfolio to provide endorsement, but it has not been granted.
“We’ve learned that – Ocampo – are worried about the transition model if they liquidate us. And it gives us great peace of mind that it exists. We believe that as long as it exists, there will be no madness”, believes one of the EPS leaders in dialogue with the magazine. Weeka media that studies the opinions of several EPS directors who are deeply concerned about the health reforms that are being prepared Karolina Cork.
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The Senate president highlighted the benefits of the current health system, but pointed out that a precautionary approach is needed, especially in rural areas of the country where there is less infrastructure and medical personnel.
Some of them, for example, warned that if the government did not give them money to pay off their healthcare debt, what they called a “social crisis” would occur in the country. They also confirmed that the State owed more than 1.6 trillion pesos and that, if the money is not transferred as soon as possible, it is likely that some of the EPS will face a serious financial impact.
“We are drowning financially,” warned one leader. According to Week, several EPS executives chose not to name them out of fear of the consequences of their statements. What’s more, they say that, as the Government Petro For now, they have not been given the money, they have to draw from their reserves to continue providing health services to Colombians.
The fear didn’t just come from the directors EPSbut also from the leaders of hospitals and clinics, who are asking the Executive for answers about the panorama they will soon face when health reform takes hold republican congress to discuss.
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