-
The Ministry of Health presents the project ‘Salut 4.0’, which would mobilize 2,000 million and implement 5G
Catalonia proposes one hub of emerging therapies and personalized medicine with European funds ‘Next generation EU’ which Spain will receive to ease the crisis caused by the pandemic of coronavirus. This is just one of the three axes of the project ‘Salut 4.0’ presented this Thursday by the Ministry of Health, which wants to mobilize 2,000 million euros to transform the Catalan health system. European funds must be approved April 2021.
‘Salut 4.0’ is one of 27 projects selected by the government to pursue these funds and which will total the investment of EUR 42,467.8 million. In addition to the ‘hub’ in emerging therapies and personalized medicine, ‘Salut 4.0’ wants to transform infrastructure and equipment of the health system, so that “hospitals are more flexible and flexible and have a way of working more connected “, in the words of Director General of Health Research and Innovation, Robert Fabregat.
“This would also allow emergency systems to be better prepared and equipped,” so that hospitals are “the last place” the patient goes, what the system “decongestion”. Better infrastructure and equipment would also allow for “more flexible distribution” of logistics. “Now we see the difficulties, for example, because of the vaccines against covid-19. There are intelligent systems to distribute better ”, Fabregat explains via video conference.
It may interest you
Another axis of ‘Salut 4.0’ is the “digital transformation” allowing data to be shared between different hospitals in a more agile way. “It is necessary to change the connection of the system,” Fabregat confirms. The 5G connection would play a key role in this transformation.
According to the Managing Director of Research and Innovation in Health, “European funds are looking for major projects related to great resources and that generates a change in society. That is why he is looking for initiatives that transform the entire system and not so much specific hospitals. Asked about the statement of the economic vice president of Spain, Nadia Calvin, saying the week that the government would only accept projects “of national scale”, Fabregat confirmed that Euskadi also presented his project a month ago and that “it is normal for autonomy to put their needs on the table. And that Calviño’s words for a moment to obey election campaign.