MINSA Dispatching Medical Supplies to the Interior for Carnival

By Ginela C. Escala M. for La Critica - As part of a contingency plan designed by the Ministry of Health for carnival, medical supplies and medicines have been transferred to the interior of the country, where most people go to participate in the festival. MINSA has dispatched medical supplies worth more than $3.5 million dollars. Mario Rodriguez, the Director of Services Provision of the MINSA, said that two trucks loaded with medical supplies and medicines have been sent to Herrera, Los Santos and Coclé. On Friday supplies will be dispatched to Chiriquí y Bocas del Toro.

Editor's Comment: When I bumped into the Minister of Health Rosario Turner a couple of weeks ago on a jaunt to Bocas del Toro, she told me they had recently received a whole lot of new funding for medicines and supplies. It's good to see them getting out there. Hopefully, the shelves in every little health clinic will be better stocked, carnival or no carnival.

Medicina para el carnaval

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Entrega de medicinas e implementos quirúrgicos a las regions de salud del interior del país.

Como parte del plan de contingencia, diseñado por el Ministerio de Salud para carnaval, han provisto de insumos y medicamentos a las regiones de salud del interior del país, donde se registra mayor concentración de personas que participan de la fiesta.

Esta entrega de medicinas e implementos quirúrgicos suman un monto de B/.3,500,000.00.

Mario Rodríguez, director de Provisión de Servicios del MINSA, informó que dos camiones cargados de medicamentos y material quirúrgico se dirigen hacia las regiones de Herrera, Los Santos y Coclé, y finalmente el viernes se programa la entrega para las regionales de Chiriquí y Bocas del Toro.