Latacunga, March 4, 2023
Minister José Rúales arrived at the Type C Latacunga health center this Friday, March 3, 2023 to recognize the contribution to Intercultural Health of 4 midwives and visit the delivery room with intercultural relevance.
At the beginning of the visit, he was received with an ancestral ceremony that represented the four essential elements of ñvida: air, water, earth and fire. Important aspects for the indigenous worldview.
Paulina Palacios, director of the Health Center, referred to the assisted population. “We guarantee attention to 47,500 users with adequate and comfortable services in outpatient and emergency care.” She also specified the opening hours according to the portfolio of services.
Another of the moments shared was with the Governor of Cotopaxi, Tania Vásquez, with whom she delivered the clothing for the personnel that integrates the Ecuador Strategy Grows Without Malnutrition in Latacunga. This team is made up of a general practitioner, a family doctor, a nurse, a community watchdog and a Primary Care Technician.
TAP).
Likewise, to provide respectful care and with intercultural relevance in type C health centers, there are Labor and Recovery Units (UTPR). 26 births have been attended in the year 2023 in this operating unit.
“In these spaces, women can choose different positions at the time of the birth of their baby and who accompanies them. I deliver with respect for the belief and under the medical technical supervision of doctors, nurses and midwives,” added the authority.
Before concluding the meeting, he mentioned that the National Government’s goal is to strengthen health centers. “In 2022 we hired 550 health professionals and this year there will be 1,350 more; we also delivered anthropometric equipment in 705 health establishments”, he explained.
After the delivery of clothing, Julio Guerrero, president of the Citizen Health Committee of the Latacunga District and Community Watcher who joined to support the reduction of malnutrition, thanks to the articulation of the Ecuador Grows Without Malnutrition Strategy. “If this program has any success, it is community surveillance because it allows health problems to be identified,” he said.