Mexico.- The head of the Mexican Social Security Institute, Zoe Robledoreported in a morning conference that so far no one has shown interest in 9,725 places for medical specialists.
“To date, 9,725 doctors have already registered on the platform, each doctor can choose these three options, so we have 19,964 applications.
Of those 13 thousand 765 places offered, we have 4 thousand 40 that already have at least one application, however, there are still 9 thousand 725 vacancies that do not have any applicationthat no one has shown interest in these vacancies,” he assured.
He explained that of these 9,725 places that do not have any applications, 3,390 are in towns or municipalities with a population of less than 200,000 inhabitants.
“They are municipalities, to give you an example, Taxco Guerrero, Cuautla Morelos, Boca del Río or like Zacatecas, the city of Zacatecas, not necessarily rural areasthey are small cities, but they are not currently receiving interest from doctors who are registering.
“38 percent of these vacancies are in Chiapas, Michoacán and in the State of Veracruz exactly,” reported Zoé Robledo.
More than 154,000 medical specialists are missing in Mexico
More than 154,000 medical specialists are missing in Mexico to cover the need in the population, said the Secretary of Health, Jorge Alcocer.
In morning conferencethe federal official pointed out that although there are 135,046 certified medical specialists, the equivalent of a proportion of 107.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, international recommendations call for it to be 230, so the estimated deficit is 154 thousand specialists.
“This year we have 49,000 applicants and places for 19,000. The number of medical specialists is still insufficient. The number of certified specialists in Mexico is 135,046 specialists,” Alcocer explained.
He reiterated that the majority of doctors are concentrated in the country’s large cities, such as Nuevo León and Mexico City, while Chiapas and Guerrero are the ones with the least.We recommend you read:
Veracruz would also be in a critical situation because in some areas there are no specialists, especially pediatricians, the same case as in Guerrero where, he said, there are regions without experts.
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