was a of their election campaign promises and Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is serving
Paraguay announces free public health accomplishing one of the promises of President Lugo
Minister Martinez told the media that "we did an analysis and realized that what people pay is more a barrier than a help.
tariffs are not the only services that support the general taxes, "so said that from now on there will be no tariffs or payments for consultations, hospitalizations, diagnostics and medicines formulary. Guillermo
Nova Republic Havana
was one of his campaign promises and Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is doing, from the December 25 services public health will be completely free.
supplementation is a gradual process that began in September 2008 and in his first year in office has been achieved, as the extension of social security to work ers in domestic service, promises of change that are materializing.
During a ceremony with President Lugo Esperanza MartÃnez, Minister of Health, said that "health is free in Paraguay by real management of this government" and said it was not before, "because they could not accomplish in 20, 30 100 years of previous governments. "
Minister Martinez told the media that "we did an analysis and we realized that what people pay is more a barrier than a help. There are tariffs that support the services but general taxes ", so said that from now on there will be no tariffs or payments for consultations, hospitalizations, diagnostics and medicines formulary.
Since the beginning of the health plan assistance in public hospitals increased by 23 percent, in a country that according to official figures 19 percent of Paraguayans are in extreme poverty and 37.9 percent live on the threshold of this situation, the result of 61 years hegemony of the Partido Colorado.
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