Never thought I was going to be placed in a situation like this: in the shoes of the doctor responsible for municipal health, back in my country, Perú
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-05T12:48:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-05T12:48:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way of living on the planet and, in my case, revealed the fragility of primary care services to respond to a health emergency that mainly affected older adults. Upon obtaining my medical degree, I felt guaranteed to have the skills to be a primary care physician; however, the coronavirus gave me “a reality bath with the aroma of impotence, bewilderment, and abandonment.“ Contradictory provisions and regulations, absence of a continuous policy, poor leadership, insufficient resources, and mismanagement by the Ministry of Health. Scandals of possible corruption and vices in the processes of research studies on vaccines. Anti-vaccine strategies, screening tests without evidence. The reference hospitals without oxygen, intensive care beds, and the outpatient consultations of specialist doctors closed. A community that is organized and wants to help but does not have a clear technical guide. These are some of the things I have had to deal with as head of a municipal health program. Meanwhile, I watched helplessly as members of my community continued to die and become disabled. Learning from mistakes and horrors is our duty. I narrate this experience to contribute to being prepared for the next time. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 18747884 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-022-09381-7 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://146.190.124.33/handle/123456789/6148 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
| dc.publisher | Springer Science and Business Media B.V. | es_ES |
| dc.source | Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública; Vol. 35 Núm. 3 | |
| dc.title | Never thought I was going to be placed in a situation like this: in the shoes of the doctor responsible for municipal health, back in my country, Perú | es_ES |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
| dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |