2024-02-21 22:55:00
The Minister of Health of Salta, Federico Mangioneconfirmed this Wednesday that The province will begin charging foreigners for medical care in consultations that are “banal, those that are not serious for health.”
In dialogue with Radio Splendid AM 990, the official announced that today they issued “the decree to charge attention to foreigners.” “In these circumstances in which We are quite tight economically in the province and what is happening in the country, we have to take these types of measures, restructure the economy and charge foreigners,” the minister argued.
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In this regard, Mangione commented that “they will be charged for any banal consultation that does not put life at risk”. Along these lines, he tried to generate peace of mind after ensuring that “emergencies will be covered.” “But once the patient is stabilized, we will see who is charged,” she stressed.
Furthermore, he specified that if a person is a foreigner, but pays taxes in Argentina, You will not be charged for medical care: “In the decree between the residences,” he specified.
Federico Mangione, Minister of Health of Salta, stated that “the city’s supplies are being used and there is no reciprocity.”
The minister commented that in the town of Salvador Masa, which is next to Bolivia, in the previous dengue outbreak90% of the beds were full with Bolivian citizens. “We are Argentines, we make a great contribution to this country, we are northerners, it is thanks to Güemes that independence was created,” he expressed. “We seek justice, there are high-cost instruments that are made for the people of Salta, for the first time we bought vaccines for dengue, that’s why we took that measure,” he concluded.
Along these lines, days ago the minister had stated in the local media We are the Morning that “in Bolivia everything is paid for, just like in Brazil or any part of the world. It is what corresponds, because each person has to take care of the resources of their city,” arguing that “The city’s inputs are being used and there is no reciprocity”. On that occasion, he had announced that “we are taking measures to optimize resources and give priority to the people of Salta.”
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“We are carrying out a restructuring and we are evaluating how the charge will be applied to foreigners. Our priority is our population. Emergencies will be attended to normally. “If a foreign patient enters with an emergency, he will be stabilized, the risk of life will be avoided and, once stabilized, it will be determined who will be charged,” he added in an interview for The thirteen.
Other issues that he highlighted were the lack of resources on the part of the National Government: “This has led to a shortage of expensive and essential medicines for patients and the functioning of the health system,” Mangione said in television statements.
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