Last Monday (20), the government relaunched the program More Doctors for Brazil. The ceremony was held around 11 am at the Planalto Palace, with the presence of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Health Minister Nísia Trindade.
The Mais Médicos program was created by the Brazilian government in 2013 with the aim of improving medical care in remote areas and caregivers in the country, with the hiring of Brazilian and foreign doctors to work in the regions.
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According to the government, the return of the program will expand access to medical care in the country, especially in regions of extreme poverty and lack of care. Through a post on Twitter last Saturday (18), the chief minister of the Communication Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, Paulo Pimenta, commented on the matter.
For him, in addition to expanding the number of health professionals, the program will improve the Unified Health System (SUS), with investments in construction and renovation of basic units. In the same comment, he recalls details of the creation of the program in the past.
“It became responsible for 100% of primary care in 1,039 municipalities, hired more than 18,000 professionals and benefited 63 million Brazilians. The dismantling of the program in recent years shows the neglect that the SUS has suffered”, said the minister.
SUS is the health system public created by the Federal Constitution of 1988. It aims to guarantee universal, integral and free access to health for the entire Brazilian population, regardless of social or financial status.
The system is funded by funds from the federal, state and municipal budgets and offers a wide range of health services, from primary care to high complexity. Among the services offered by the SUS are medical consultations, exams, hospitalizations, surgeries, transplants, urgent and emergency care, treatment of illness.
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