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🇵🇾 Paraguay /Health & Science

Doctor says Paraguay’s health minister showed ‘a certain arrogance’ toward medical complaints

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Pediatric surgeon Roberto Riveros Mazó criticized the government’s response to doctors’ demands, calling its presentation brief and confusing.
  • He said the budget figures appeared designed to make the increase look larger and accused the government of repeatedly invoking a health-care career plan during crises.
  • Riveros said a weeklong strike suspended about 28,000 scheduled consultations and 3,000 surgeries.

Paraguayan pediatric surgeon Roberto Riveros Mazó said Health Minister María Teresa Barán showed “a certain arrogance” during a news conference addressing doctors’ complaints.

Very brief and confusing.

— Roberto Riveros MazóThe pediatric surgeon characterized the government’s presentation on the doctors’ demands.

Riveros, secretary of the Paraguayan Society of Pediatric Surgery, described the government’s presentation as “very brief and confusing.” He said the budget figures presented by Barán and other officials appeared to “mask something to make it look bigger.”

He also challenged the minister’s statement that her office’s doors remained open for dialogue. Riveros said doctors had already presented their options and criticized repeated references to a health-care career plan, which he called the government’s “shield” during sector crises since 2012.

A certain arrogance.

— Roberto Riveros MazóRiveros described the health minister’s manner during the news conference.

Medical workers have demonstrated in Capiatá, seeking better working conditions and more hospital hiring. Riveros said the government’s announcement had darkened rather than clarified the situation. He also disputed Barán’s statement that 61 resignations were on her desk, saying resignation letters submitted at hospitals such as Trauma had been rejected because they had to go to the Health Ministry.

Mask something to make it look bigger.

— Roberto Riveros MazóHe criticized the government’s presentation of budget increases.

Riveros said the strike had a major effect on public health. In one week, he said, it suspended nearly 28,000 scheduled consultations and around 3,000 surgeries.

Shield.

— Roberto Riveros MazóRiveros said the government repeatedly uses the health-care career plan as a defense during sector crises.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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