00:00Liston Diario presents the editorial from the director editorial from Tuesday August 26 2925
00:07the evicted the dehumanization in the health system is a deep wound that goes far beyond
00:13the occasional coldness of a doctor it is a structural evil a discriminatory and silent
00:18system that operates from the ground up denying the most vulnerable the fundamental right to
00:23health this system is evident in the veiled rejection of poor or insolvent people who go
00:28to clinics or hospitals seeking help too often if it is presumed that they do not have the money to
00:34pay for treatment they are taken out shunned and ignored the insensitivity goes so far as to let
00:41patients in serious condition die under the perverse premise that it makes no sense to invest in those
00:47who are evicted another lacerating feature is the widespread neglect of those suffering from mental
00:53or emotional disorders for whom there are not enough specialized care centers as the minister
00:59of the interior and police farida raful rightly stated the state has a social debt to people with
01:05mental health problems an official acknowledgement that opens the lid on the pressure cooker of a
01:10crisis exploding in tragedies the recent cases of violence between parents and children or partners
01:16that have shaken the nation are in the words of the minister painful outcomes that demonstrate the
01:22the urgent need to strengthen a mental health system that ceased to be a priority many years ago
01:28this reality is neither new nor unique to the country but as former director of the national
01:34health service sns nelson rodriguez monegro points out the local system incubates this despicable
01:41practice both voices agree on the urgent need to create comprehensive public policies and allocate more
01:48resources to prioritize the individual over cost the state faces the challenge of humanizing a system
01:55that cannot measure the value of a life by its ability to pay for listing diario voiceover and translation by
02:02by danny leon listin diario presented the editorial from the director
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