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Hospital crisis: Paraguay doctors seek clear answers from government

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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

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  • Paraguay’s Association of Bioethics Studies supported doctors demanding better salaries, supplies, medicines and hospital infrastructure.
  • The association said inadequate resources threaten patients’ safety and violate the state’s duty to guarantee health care as a fundamental right.
  • It urged national authorities to provide concrete, transparent and sustainable responses and reconsider health-care priorities and funding.

The Paraguayan Association of Bioethics Studies has backed doctors’ demands for better pay, medical supplies, medicines and hospital infrastructure, saying the issue goes beyond working conditions.

Dignifying those who sustain the health system is also a way of protecting those who depend on it.

· Paraguayan Association of Bioethics StudiesThe association explained why it supports doctors’ demands.

In a statement, the association said dignifying the professionals who sustain the health system also protects the patients who depend on it. It cited Article 68 of Paraguay’s Constitution, which recognizes health as a fundamental right and assigns the state responsibility for protecting and promoting it.

The group warned that when the health system fails, people’s lives and dignity are put at risk, with the greatest impact falling on those with fewer resources. Doctors at the General Hospital of Coronel Oviedo have submitted resignations while waiting for the government to respond to their demands.

When the health system does not function, the lives and dignity of all people are at risk, affecting people with fewer resources most severely.

· Paraguayan Association of Bioethics StudiesThe statement described the social consequences of failures in health care.

The association said doctors forced to work without adequate resources face damage to their professional dignity and responsibilities. It also said the situation threatens the bioethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence and justice.

Access to diagnoses and treatments is not a favor or a privilege, but a fundamental right that the state has an obligation to guarantee.

· Paraguayan Association of Bioethics StudiesThe association described the government’s responsibility toward patients.

Access to diagnoses and treatment, it stressed, is not a favor or privilege but a fundamental right that the state must guarantee. The association called for concrete, transparent and sustainable answers to doctors and the public, along with a serious debate on health-care priorities and financing. It concluded that caring for doctors and caring for patients are part of the same responsibility.

We consider it essential that national authorities provide concrete, transparent and sustainable responses, both to the legitimate demands of professionals and to the needs of the population.

· Paraguayan Association of Bioethics StudiesThe statement called on the government to respond to the medical crisis.
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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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