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24/10/2012
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Will be invested R$ 82.7 million to fund priority areas of Health
The Health Minister Alexandre Padilha, announced on Tuesday (23), the government will create 1623 new vacancies residency in 2013 to expand service network in the SUS (Unified Health System). Next year will be invested R$ 46.4 million in 19 specialties prioritized and now have a shortage of professionals.
The places of residence multiprofessional (nursing, nutrition, etc.), will also be expanded next year, with an investment of R$ 36.3 million. According to government data, 1,270 bags that category will be created in 2013.
Today's graduates have 10,434 available residency positions and vacancies residence multiprofessional 4227. The new jobs must represent, respectively, 129% and 152% increase in supply. The scholarship amount is R$ 2,861.79 per month.
Brazil has one of the lowest ratios of doctors per capita, 1.83 doctors per 1 000 inhabitants. While neighboring Argentina has 3.2 doctors per 1000 inhabitants, the United States has 2.4 doctors and Spain, 4 doctors.
The Brazilian region with the least amount of doctors is the North, 0.9 doctors per 1 000 inhabitants. Next is the Northeast (1.09), Midwest (1.77) and South (1.9). The Southeast region has the highest rate, 2.49 doctors per 1 000 inhabitants.
The minister stressed that the vacancies will be created in regions that lack doctors and hospitals in specialties that need.
- Is not guaranteed without medical care and medical well formed. It is the public management system that defines the vacancy, so let's open more vacancies in the specialties that Brazil needs more.
A survey by the Ministry of Health with managers of hospitals across the country showed that most specialties that are missing are pediatrics, psychiatry, neurology and anesthesia.
Capacity
Besides the creation of scholarships in Pro-Residence program, the government will also invest in training of supervisors, called preceptors, and invest $ 80 million in renovation and improvement of infrastructure in hospitals and Basic Health Units to increase the number of vacancies residence.
Will be R$ 200 thousand for the hospital to invest in reforms of physical space and R$ 3000 to R$ 8000 per seat for 12 months for hospitals that create at least ten places of residence.
The minister also stressed that the stimulus will be differentiated so that the government can also tackle an old problem, any vacancies that become idle and are not satisfied.
- Our biggest problems with unfilled vacancies are pediatrics and family health. In the case of pediatrics want to expand more and more vacancies in this specialty, decreasing the competition so that more people try the residence. Have family health idea is to increase investment in municipalities so they can pay top bags and it is a stimulus to the doctor.
Source: R7 News
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