Every penny saved in Health will go to help the people, says the new Minister The Politics

Doctor and former health secretary of Campo Grande, Mandetta was in the second term of federal deputy and did not contest the elections this year. He officially took office as minister at a ceremony held shortly after the swearing in of the new president of the republic. This Wednesday, his predecessor in the file, Gilberto Occhi, transferred him the post.

Ministers Osmar Terra (Citizenship), Tereza Cristina (Agriculture) and Damares Alves (Women, Family and Human Rights), as well as the new Governor of the Federal District, Ibanez Rocha, and parliamentarians attended at the ceremony.

In his speech, the new minister said that his management would be guided by the reduction of expenditures. "Every penny saved by this ministry must go to the end, it is help.You can not spend money without knowing it," he said. .

He considered that the record had a "very big" budget and that "it is very easy to forget that $ 1,000 is a lot of money". "It is a lot of money," said Mandetta.

The Minister also announced his intention to focus on basic health in the country and to consider the health of indigenous peoples. "We have health indicators well below the minimum spending on the health of indigenous people," he said.

Mandetta also announced the creation of the Secretariat for Basic Health Care, separating this sector from medium and high hospital complexity procedures. Today, the areas are grouped under the umbrella of a single secretary.

Mandetta wants to create a third shift in the health units, extending working hours, but without specifying a deadline or goal.

He also defended the improvement of information management of the health sector in the country, especially with computerization. "Those who do not have information can not manage," he said. In the badessment of the new minister, it is like a "flight in the dark".

He added that he also wanted a "strong private system" and a "solidarity", but "fewer complaints" and a better service for the elderly. "There is no turning back but there is still a lot to do," he said.

Dialogue with the Legislature

At the beginning of his speech, Mandetta gave an account of the origins of his family, his training as a doctor and his professional activity and presented a retrospective of his administration as secretary of the city ​​of Campo Grande. . He said that in his post, he was facing challenges such as a dengue epidemic and "intense hours of work for the SUS".

Speaking of his tenure as a Member of Parliament for about eight years, he always bet on "democracy and dialogue" with the opposition and heard, once invited, "always be present in the House and in the Senate ".

Mandetta had already announced that one of the portfolio's priority actions would be to give a "management shock" to the federal hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro, which has six hospitals under government control.

At that time, he stated in an interview with the press that these hospitals knew "many problems" and that militias would have organized waiting lines for services.

He also announced that the Ministry of Health would focus on the vaccination of populations in the northern region, mainly because of measles cases reported in Roraima, Amazonas and Pará, as well as the migration of Venezuelans to the country. country.

Mandetta also defended a revision of the rules of the More Doctors program, which, in its evaluation, presents many points of "improvisation".

In accordance with Bolsonaro's speech, the new minister has always criticized the presence of Cuban doctors at Mais Médicos, who left the program after being criticized by Bolsonaro.