"There was no discrimination" | The government …

The Bolivian government reacted to the provocation of Jujuy governor Gerardo Morales, who accused the Plurinational State of Bolivia of treating "inhuman" Argentineans in need of medical care. "The young Argentine has been treated like any other Bolivian and has not been discriminated against," said the Bolivian Minister of Health, who described as "bad taste" to mix political issues with issues as sensitive as the health and life of people ".

Responsible Gabriela Montaño's response reached the government of Jujuy in writing. Yesterday, the Bolivian government sent a letter to Government House to say that the young Manuel Vilca, who had had an accident on an affair in the city of Oruro, had "enjoyed the same health benefits as Bolivians and Bolivians ". just like any stranger who pbades. "There was no kind of discrimination," says the letter signed by the Minister of Health.

The official also pointed out that the young man had asked for his release by himself to settle in the city of Cochabamba. "The same advantages that we grant to Bolivians will be granted to our brothers in Argentina.It is very bad taste that political issues are mixed with issues as sensitive as the health and life of people, have neither head nor head" said Montaño, on El Destape radio.

Montaño also added that the injured person did not pay any attention fees since the driver of the vehicle in which he had been injured was doing so. In this way, the official hinted that the health system in Bolivia was not yet completely free, but said that it was the next challenge of the government of Evo Morales. .

"The Bolivian state is currently working on the first phase of the implementation of the unified health system, making enormous efforts to consolidate a universal and free health care system", where foreigners would also be taken into account , indicates the letter sent.

Finally, the official pointed out that Morales' critics against the Bolivian health system were "ruthless" and inscribed in the "region in which there have been historic and very important attempts at setbacks". "For those who think that the privatization of education and health is the solution, Evo Morales is a bad example," he concluded.