During the first half of 2018, fourteen specialists arrived at the Coyhaique Regional Hospital – Diario Aysén

With the arrival of professionals, eleven medical specialties were strengthened during the first six months of the year, including the arrival of two unique specialists, a step that optimizes the resolute levels of only highly complex hospital in the region of Aysén. 19659002] One of the greatest citizen demands for health is the arrival of medical specialists, who can cope with the needs of the growing regional population.

For this reason, during the first half of this year, fourteen specialist physicians who joined the staff of professionals of the regional hospital Coyhaique, expanding the services and services of the main hospital in the Aysén region

Cardiology, traumatology, neurosurgery, pediatrics, otolaryngology, radiology, anesthesiology, pediatric surgery, pediatric respiratory diseases. Infectious diseases and pediatric intensive care are the eleven strengthened specialties, including two specialists unique to the region: Infectologist and Pediatric Intensivist.

"We inform the community with great satisfaction that in the last few months, a group of 14 specialist physicians has joined us to work in our regional hospital. . Some of them had completed their cycle as general practitioners in the area, they went to do the specialty scholarship and now they have returned, so they know and have experience in the area ", said Dr. Pablo Mardones

The Medical Deputy Director of the Coyhaic Hospital pointed out that most specialists who have joined the regional health network this first half of the year are doing so in accordance with their " Mandatory Period of Care "(PAO), a system consisting of in the return of the specialty fellowship, working in hospitals or clinics twice as long as their specialization lasts, in the same health service that issued the or other public institution of the country, with the prior authorization of the latter.

In this sense, Dr. Mardones pointed out that for the optimal development of specialties, the objective It's not just about focusing on the arrival of medical specialists, but about building clinical teams as a whole, including all health professionals and technicians.

"Our projection is to strengthen the development of specialties, which means not only the contribution of specialized doctors, but also the training of teams with the rest of the professionals that are required, the setting implemented with the proper infrastructure and equipment to the different specialties, "said the HRC's deputy medical director, noting that the medical plant of the main regional hospital center will continue to be expanded to second half of the current year.] SPECIALISTS

The most strengthened area in 2018 was pediatrics, incorporating new professionals into neonatology, pediatric intensive care and polyclinic units

One of them is Dr. Lia Paccot practicing as a general practitioner in the Emergency Department of the Coyhaique Regional Hospital between 2012 and 2014, decided to get up in pediatrics, to return to the area and apply what has been learned. Currently she is part of the HRC Pediatric Intensive Care Team.

"I spent two years in Urgency, especially with pediatric patients.I had a very good experience, I learned a lot and decided to specialize myself in pediatrics.I did all my training thinking back to Coyhaique, asking my teachers to help with the needs of the region of Aysén.I am very happy to be income, with a great desire to improve all the attention given to children, "says Dr. Paccot, who, in his last year of intensive medicine specialization, simply projected his work towards the USI. Pediatric HRC

Continuing the strengthening in pediatrics, the sub-specialist in pediatric respiratory diseases Dr. Marcelo Valenzuela, a professional with about 40 years of experience who worked for 4 years in the Hospital of Puerto Aysén, integrating 2018 full time at the Coyhaique Hospital. [19659002] "I have been in the area for 7 ½ years, I am a bronchopulmonary pediatrician with many years of profession, I came to work at the regional hospital and I was there for four years at the hospital. Puerto Aysén hospital. Now I have returned to Coyhaique, mainly strengthening at this time what corresponds to the winter campaign, where the product of respiratory infections, especially the syncytial virus, we are in great demand, "says the sub-specialist [19659013]. Endowment is neurosurgery, incorporating three new professionals. One of them is Dr. Nicole Loyola, a doctor who, after training at the Carlos Van Buren hospital in Valparaíso, came for the first time in the region to join the HRC medical staff

"This was a big change for me., Did not know the region of Aysén, which has a different idiosyncrasy, where although there are few inhabitants, there is many difficulties of access.I have patients who travel two days from Villa O. Higgins to go to the consultation.These are different ways of doing medicine, where we have to adapt to the local reality, "says Dr. Loyola, adding that, with respect to neurosurgery at the local level," what is most important is the degenerative pathologies of the spine, lumbar spine and osteoarthritis. "