The British weekly The Economist article published yesterday a very hard criticizing the Argentine government for its handling of the health crisis. Among the series of questions, asks why the flu causes more deaths in Argentina than in Chile.
In Argentina, 2.4% of the cases ended in death, while in Chile only 0.2% died, says the article, and explains the difference in the handling of the two countries, like Emergency services are organized and central Chile and in Argentina not "health policies and budgets are in the hands of provincial governments", which means that "officials rarely talk to each other, have different objectives and budgets. " Even in "Brazil, a federal country like Argentina, the Ministry of Health issued national guidelines," says The Economist. He also speaks of "slow response" of the government before the crisis: "Some doctors are accused of deliberately failing to act against the outbreak until after the elections on June 28." And it ensures that the Health Minister Graciela Ocana, resigned after the elections because they delayed the vote as she had requested.
addition, The Economist criticizes that Argentina has not yet been declared a national health emergency, "Chile's answer seems to be faster, better coordinated and decisive. The same day the World Health Organization raised the alert level in April, Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, a committee of experts met to discuss the threat. "They point to the fact that the president-medical trasandina" must have helped "and made a difference.
Source: ClarÃn
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