During the meeting, the representatives of the health workers of the Hospital communicated the critical situation that the health system is going through in the district, in which low salaries trigger an “exodus of professionals” to other districts and the private system. They also argued that the municipal primary care device is devastated as a result of the lack of professionals.
The pre-candidate reaffirmed her commitment to work to improve the local health system and the conditions of its workers. In addition, she maintained that her space believes in a health system “that prioritizes the promotion of rights, the prevention of disease and with primary care as a strategy so that neighbors do not have to go to the hospital level with cadres of acquired disease”.
“We discussed what is the health system we want for Buenos Aires and Region V and what is the one we need for the Tigreans. We also talked about the need to expand this Hospital and give it a central role in the articulation of health in the district” declared Galmarini after the meeting. This expansion includes the construction of 200 m2 that will allow the incorporation of 50 hospitalization beds and 10 of High complexity.
During the meeting, he shared some of his proposals, among which are the creation of a unified emergency system; the improvement of the infrastructure of the General Pacheco Hospital; the integration of the local public health system with the social works, private-public subsector, provincial and national; the adherence of the Municipality to the Professional Hospital Career Law; strengthening mental health care systems; the integration of the digital clinical history in all effectors and the recovery of the figure of health promoters.
During the meeting, the workers expressed their concern about the poor results of the HDIs promoted by the Municipality and the New Hospital project, which they see as unfeasible.
Martin, one of the workers’ representatives present at the meeting, stated: “The meeting was very productive, the proposals we made to him and how he received them. Malena told us about the policies that she has to work together with the public Hospital”. And he added: “We appreciate you listening to us and having this dialogue table.”
The meeting was attended by the Executive Director of Hospital Magdalena V. de Martinez, Diego Morera; the District Health Professionals Union Front; Tigre health team workers, Juan Delle Donne, Executive Director of Hospital Cordero de San Fernando and Gonzalo Meschengieser, member of the candidate’s health team.