Paraguay
María Teresa Barán said goodbye with a balance message after leaving Health
The former minister published a letter on Facebook after her dismissal from the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare was made official. In the text, she thanked President Santiago Peña and Vice President Pedro Alliana, acknowledged mistakes and defended her administration.
María Teresa Barán Wasilchuk posted a farewell note on her personal Facebook account after her departure from the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare was made official, ABC Color reported.
In that message, the former minister thanked President Santiago Peña and Vice President Pedro Alliana for their trust. She also admitted that “we surely made mistakes” and that pending issues remained, although she centered her assessment on a defense of her administration, which began in August 2023.
According to ABC Color, Barán listed among the results of her administration the launch of the General Hospital of Coronel Oviedo and mentioned projects in Concepción, Curuguaty, San Pedro, the Chaco and the Gran Hospital del Este. She also said that for 2027, US$ 760 million is planned for medicines and supplies and US$ 195 million for the Incan.
The former official also highlighted nighttime clinics in 41 hospitals, the expansion of Family Health Units, the increase in the operational capacity of the National Critical Care Network to 96% and the incorporation of the digital tools HIS and SIGIES for supply control. In human resources, she pointed to the incorporation of more than 5,000 professionals through merit-based competitions and the gradual reduction of the workday from 24 to 12 hours for medical staff.
At the end of her letter, Barán stated that positions and people pass, but institutions remain, and argued that commitment to the people must be above any name.
ABC Color framed the former minister’s departure amid months of criticism of her management. In recent weeks, the public health system went through a crisis marked by resignations of specialist doctors and anesthesiologists at reference care centers, protests over labor precariousness and lack of supplies, as well as complaints about shortages of oncology drugs at the National Cancer Institute and a lack of neonatal intensive care beds in the interior of the country.
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