Meanwhile he Senate debate on whether or not to approve financial assistance to Medical Union of Uruguay Assistance Center (Casmu), the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) He insists that it be approved in order to be able to continue his intervention within the mutual society, although there are still controversies surrounding its scope.
Authorities of the MSP and Casmu participated yesterday in a session of the Senate Health Committee integrated with the Treasury to discuss the financing requested by the Executive power to provide assistance to the mutual fund that is experiencing serious financial problems.
President Casmu, Raul Rodriguez, He said at a press conference that during the exchange the institution’s position regarding the bill promoted by the Executive was made clear and he assured that the mutual fund is a good payer and that it has met all the commitments assumed. “There is no one who can claim anything in that sense from this institution,” he stressed.
The insistence of the MSP
For her part, the head of the health portfolio, Karina Randosaid that at the meeting they understood the importance of providing the loan to Casmu. “The importance was understood, I think that the legislators who expressed themselves, at least, all those who expressed themselves, were in favor of giving economic support to the institution. With certain nuances,” he commented.
Meanwhile, he insisted that the mutual fund urgently needs the guarantee fund to be approved and assured that “the Parliament “The intervention itself is planned for a year, and we think that this will somehow reverse the economic-financial situation so that there is no time limit, but that the mutual society can continue to walk alone,” he added and stressed that the intervention in the mutual society cannot be done without money.
“It is unlikely that they will be able to finish with a clean slate, because the institution’s debt is much higher than what is being requested, meaning that debts will continue. But what is expected is that a balance will be reached in which suppliers are paid so that they can continue to operate,” he said.
Controversies surrounding the intervention
The intervention approved by the Executive power This raised some questions from the authorities of Casmu, as well as from the union, which took action against him. Now, the possibility of increasing the powers of the inspectors was put on the table, something that the president of Casmu rejected.
“When there is a double command, that is always a problem for running any company, country, government,” he commented and assured that he does not understand the need to increase the powers. “There is a command that is democratic, that has been chosen by those who are responsible and we believe that they are the ones who have to run the company. At the same time, we believe that the contribution that the intervenors are making is important, it gives peace of mind to everyone,” he added.
On the other hand, the minister clarified that when the possibility was discussed in Parliament, the idea of a transfer of the authorities of the mutual society was not mentioned.
Source: Ambito
