Health alert: Laboratories and companies decry the suspension of transplants and operations due to lack of supplies.

Major chambers and organizations representing companies and laboratories supplying equipment, consumables, reagents and critical items for clinical diagnostics condemned that “due to current regulatory and exchange restrictions the normal supply of the health care system is prevented, which will inevitably affect the performance of clinical tests, forcing the suspension of interventions such as transplants and operations.putting patients in the country at risk of life.”

The eight most representative organizations of the sector sent various notes addressed not only to the Ministry of Health, but also to the Minister of Politics and Commercial Administration Hermán Cervantes, as well as to the leaders of BCRA and ANMAT, in which they requested hearings “urgently for Eliminate approval delays and new SIRA payment terms which affect the normal supply of the Argentine health system with highly sensitive elements.

Laboratories and companies denounced that “the impact of the shortage of this type of critical products is very important and that will seriously affect the healthcare system and ultimately on patients due to the imminent risk of shortages of our products, spare parts and essential supplies to operate equipment and provide diagnosis and treatment.”

Notes with a lawsuit against the government were signed by the Argentine Chamber of Supplies, Implants and Medical Equipment (KADIEM); Chamber of Traumatology (St.CADIT); Argentine Chamber of Medical Implant Manufacturers (KAFIM); Argentine Chamber of Producers and Traders of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation (KAFIKOR) ; Industrial Chamber of Health of the Province of Córdoba (KAIZAL); Argentine Chamber of Manufacturers of Electromedical Equipment (CAPEEM); Argentine Chamber of Diagnostic Reagents (CAPRODI) and the Argentine Union of Public Suppliers, Subcommittee on Diagnostic Reagents and Elements (UAE network).

Industry sources pointed out that “the solution proposed by the authorities is practically irrelevant in terms of currency”, referring to the fact that the required volume the set of resources that are currently experiencing supply difficulties is less than 1% of Argentina’s foreign trade..

The representatives of the chambers added that “in the face of this extreme situation, we must fulfill the obligation to warn all those participants in the industry value chain who perform the noble and inalienable task of caring for them and ensuring their well-being.” -existence”.

Although entities They had different meetings with various areas of the state, they still have not been able to resolve the situation recorded by the health system due to the lack of foreign exchange, which is necessary to pay for basic and critical resources, such as those involved in the value chain of the health system, the system of diagnosis and treatment , assure from the cameras.