Governor of Jujuy asks Bolivia to return the money to the injured musician

The governor of Jujuy, Gerardo Morales, today resumed his criticism against the Bolivian government for the case of an Argentine tourist who had to pay several thousand dollars to be treated in hospitals of the same country. neighboring country and ask him to "pay back" the money, He insisted on the need to make "urgent" progress in reciprocity in the field of health care.

In a letter to the Bolivian Minister of Health, Gabriela Montaño Viaña, the radical referent appealed to the "principles of equality and reciprocity between the parties" to demand that "all expenses be reimbursed" by the musician Manuel Vilca, who suffered an accident while he was in the country of Altiplano and had to pay 22,000 Bolivian pesos and 7,000 dollars to be cured.

"It is not up to us to intervene in the internal affairs of your country, nor in the management of the health system, but I tell you that in my province, a person, national or foreign, has not never seen denying proper and free health care in any hospital that integrates the health network, because life in our country is a law that does not know politics, because you intend to convert this issue ", has declared the northern leader.

After highlighting that "many Bolivian citizens are constantly migrating" to Argentina to seek sanitary solutions ", Gerardo Morales recalled that in early 2018 a proposal had been made to the Government of Bolivia to advance a settlement agreement. reciprocity in the matter. and complained that "to date, there is no response or counter-proposal whatsoever".

"Making health commitments (in Vilca) would demonstrate your country's primary desire to finalize a reciprocal health agreement," said the governor of Jujuy in a letter to Montaño Viaña.

Gerardo Morales published on his Twitter account the vouchers of payment that the musician of Jujuy spent "to access the health services of the country chaired by Evo Morales".

Source: El Tribuno

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