The teacher health model began operating a week ago.
Photo: EFE – Carlos Ortega
Just a week ago the new health model for public school teachers in Colombia came into operation. As we had told in this article, it was a change that would impact 800 thousand people and had been surrounded by fears. One of the main reasons had to do with Fiduprevisora’s ability to contract the network of clinics and hospitals necessary to care for teachers.
As the days have passed, some users on social networks have expressed their position and appreciation of the changes. Although at the moment there is no statement from theto Fiduprevisora or the Ministry of Education To show what these first days of the new model have been like, this Tuesday, May 7, Fecode, the main teachers’ union, convened its directors to analyze the situation.
As read in the document, signed by the president of Fecode, Domingo Ayala Espitia, and by Luis Edgardo Salazar, the general secretary, the call is of “urgent nature”. The purpose is to “do pedagogy, clarify doubts, make contingencies and resolve the difficulties that are arising in the territories.”
The call is aimed at “plenary, expanded plenum of presidents, meetings with the boards of directors or other urgent actions, entities that provide the service, meetings in municipalities, zones or others that they consider appropriate.”
In the statement, it asks all subsidiaries to urgently and immediately present an “updated and detailed report on situations related to administrative headquarters, networks and IPS, organizational structures, medicine dispensaries, the continuity of treatments and highly complex scheduled procedures.” , orphan diseases, referrals, referrals and counter-referrals, emergencies, medical appointments, specialized appointments and other difficulties encountered.”
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So that you understand in detail what are the main changes expected with this model, we We recommend this article that has an ABC of the transformations.
