—which is conducted at the national level— prioritizes clinical monitoring of the most vulnerable population.
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Concerning Tayta Operation, criticism is received because some patients, who had been treated, say that they have not been monitored (afterwards). It cannot be conducted on all those infected, because we try to do clinical follow-up and provide psychological support to the most vulnerable citizens," he said in remarks to Radio Exitosa.
Primary care
The Prime Minister explained that
primary care level response centers had been completely abandoned over recent decades —not only in terms of infrastructure but mainly of personnel.
"People, who were no longer very useful at central hospitals, were deployed to these primary care centers. Once the
COVID-19 pandemic broke up, the vast majority of them were vulnerable and withdrew from the service," he said.
According to Martos, Prime Minister Pilar Mazzetti reported that 40% of health personnel —at the national level— had withdrawn from their positions as a result of the pandemic. Another group resigned from central hospitals.