Physician and nurse interns and interns are not covered by the National Covid-19 Vaccination Plan that the federal government has launched in Tamaulipas since Wednesday, Jan. 13.
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Therefore, the Ministry of Health’s decision to remove them from hospitals for a period of 45 days from January 16 is a favorable strategy for the health union, given the increase in infections and deaths from coronavirus.
“We have to protect them because they are our next doctors and nurses. They should be better protected if the (coronavirus) vaccine didn’t include the scholarship staff from the start.”
This was stated in an interview by Mario Wong Barragán, Director of the Family Clinic at the ISSSTE Tampico, where fewer than 20 undergraduate and nursing, medicine and dentistry trainees complete their year of social service and are not. they were vaccinated during this first phase of the day.
“No, they are not vaccinated (…) so it is a good strategy (the reservation) because they are in training, it is the future of the branches of medicine, they have no insurance to protect them, they come a year of social service, post them and make them sick, why expose them ”.
He assured that during these months of pandemic there have been no instances of contamination among the fair holders and that they must use strict personal protective equipment, such as masks and masks, to avoid the risks they face when present in the facilities.
Finally, Wong Barragán clarified that although the state plan that the IMSS and ISSSTE is considering for the withdrawal of scholarship students and interns has been extended, these indications have not been officially communicated to the institution he represents, so they are pending. of the order to send them home.