Yesterday was a day of multiple inaugurations in the health sector. The most notorious was the beginning of the process of vaccination, But in addition, this Monday resumed the presence of medical consultations in some areas of specialization.
From March, face-to-face consultations are mandatory in general medicine, pediatrics and gynecology, with a minimum of three patients per hour that will be interspersed with others through telemedicine. Authorities expect the rest of the consultations to be face-to-face again in the next 120 days.
The executive secretary of the Medical Union, the infectologist Zaida Arteta, Said yesterday that he believes the time to resume face-to-face consultations is not the right one. “It’s very important to be able to control and see people in person, but I would have aspired to be present when the vaccination to the health personnel “, he pointed out in the radio program Doble Click (De el Sol).
Something similar was expressed by the president of the Coordinator of Collective Health Care Institutions, Carlos Cardoso, Who told El País that he agreed with the resumption of consultations, although he warned that the observation communicated in writing to the MSP should be taken into account as the body “hoped that it would be in process the vaccination plan primarily with health personnel “.
From the Surgical Anesthetic Union (SAQ) They celebrate the return of face-to-face care beyond the fact that health personnel are not vaccinated, and explain that “the problem with the vaccine” is that it is not known “exactly when” it will be up to the health service.
telemedicine
At the beginning of the pandemic there was a significant reduction in face-to-face consultations and most institutions opted for telephone or video call consultations. In June an increase in the face-to-face with a maximum of three consultations per hour.
Already in November, with the arrival of the first wave, the Ministry of Public Health issued a new rule for departments with more cases of COVID-19[feminine amb la qual va exhortar a reprendre la telemedicina com a primera eina.
la volta a la presencialitat es va resoldre després que el Grup Assessor Científic Honorari el recomanés i advertís que “si bé la telemedicina ha estat una eina útil i possiblement quedi com a modalitat complementària a l’assistència presencial, el seu ús té moltes limitants”.
SMU defineix la seva posició
Tot i que la secretària executiva de l’Sindicat Mèdic hagi manifestat les seves opinions personals sobre les consultes presencials, el president de l’SMU, Gustavo Grecco, va preferir no opinar a l’respecte.
Segons va saber El País, es discutirà l’assumpte demà en la sessió de el comitè executiu de l’SMU.