CUBAN DOCTORS CHARGED 135 MILLION PESO

CUBAN DOCTORS CHARGED 135 MILLION PESOS

The Ministry of Health of Mexico City assured that Cuban doctors helped strengthen the actions carried out in the capital's hospitals to fight against SARS-CoV-2

They did not rule out the possibility that the agreement with Cuban doctors could be renewed. Photo: @MINSAPCuba

CDMÉXICO. - Without specifying a date, the Secretary of Health of Mexico City, Oliva López, reported that the agreement concluded with a delegation of Cuban doctors who had been paid 135 million pesos for their services.

"This was a support to cover all the activities that the agreement included, which were, as I have already pointed out on other occasions, training, research, sharing protocols, good practices, epidemiological field monitoring and also a set of activities, let's say, of technical advice. So, these 135 million pesos was what was considered for the agreement that includes all these activities, also direct care, and the 585 Cuban doctors participated, ”he explained.

When questioned regarding the criticism generated by the presence of these doctors, the capital official assured that the doctors helped strengthen the actions carried out in the capital's hospitals to fight against SARS-CoV-2.

“It wasn't just these doctors, not just these health personnel, the city has hired more than 2,000 health workers to strengthen their response capacity, and many of those workers come from other states, so these professionals who they incorporated have been very important for care in the city and we are deeply grateful for their commitment… you know that in the country and in the city there are not enough specialist doctors and therefore, the calls are open and we continue to hire health personnel ” he stated.

Finally, she did not rule out the possibility that the agreement with Cuban doctors could be renewed and thanked the work they carried out in this city, just as she said, health workers in Mexico do to win the battle to Covid-19.