The event organized by the Medical School of El Salvador was attended by Joel Sánchez (Arena), Luis Parada (Nuestro Tiempo), Manuel Flores (FMLN), José Renderos (Fuerza Solidaria) and Marina Murillo (FPS), who presented their health proposals. .
Bukele, who had a seat reserved like the other presidential candidates, did not appear at the debate nor did his party communicate with the organizers, a spokesman for the Medical College said.
Flores, the candidate of the Farabundo Martí Front, said that for him the family is the “most important thing in life” and that is why, he claimed, “his program for a healthy family is based on the participation of people in the prevention of diseases.”
He assured that his plan includes 45 measures, including, among others, the construction of the Rosales Hospital and the Children's Hospital of the Salvadoran Social Security Institution (ISSS), as well as the abolition of the VAT on medicines.
He accused Bukele's government of carrying out “cosmetic work” on healthcare and treating the information with “propagandistic” and non-scientific criteria.
For his part, Nuestro Tiempo candidate Luis Parada accused Bukele of being “an immature dictator,” which he demonstrated by allowing “students and doctors to be fired without due process just because they dare not do the same.” think like the dictator.” ”
He also accused the president of exploiting the emergency of the Covid-19 pandemic “to have $3 billion without accountability so his loved ones can do big business.”
Parada assured that the health system is fragmented and proposed as a first measure to increase investments in health to six percent of gross domestic product (GDP), focus on prevention and a purchasing system based on the needs of patients. Doctors.
Candidate Joel Sánchez from Arena spoke out in favor of a change. “We have to change the way things are done, less show and more work, that's why the parties have to invest in health,” he stressed.
Last night, Health Minister Francisco Alabí stressed that under the current government the country is ready to provide the population with high quality and efficient care.
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