“¿Que los ricos también lloran? Lo mismo decía Pablo Escobar”: alcalde Gutiérrez habla sobre declaraciones de MinSalud
Luego de las declaraciones del ministro de Salud, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, por las lágrimas del gerente del Hospital San Rafael, de Itagüí, en una...
TL;DR
- Medellín Mayor Federico Gutiérrez compared Health Minister Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo to Pablo Escobar.
- The comparison was made after Jaramillo's "The rich also cry" comment in response to a hospital manager's distress over unpaid staff salaries due to healthcare system debts.
- Gutiérrez stated that the phrase "the rich also cry" was used by Pablo Escobar's hitmen during a 1990 massacre of 23 young people.
- The mayor believes the government's actions are detrimental to the healthcare system, harming vulnerable populations by restricting access to medicines and leading to hospital closures.
- Gutiérrez accused the government of engaging in a class struggle that negatively impacts the poor the most.
- He highlighted that health institutions are experiencing critical saturation in emergency services, reaching up to 195%.
- Gutiérrez urged the government to stop being inhumane and to focus on restructuring the healthcare system to save lives.