Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Order of Doctors of Cape Verde considers the decision of the Ministry of Health to regulate and supervise the prices of health care practiced by private clinics to be unfair. The chairman, Danielson da Veiga, is surprised that neither the Order nor the INPS had been previously heard during the process that led to the drafting of the decree-law.
Danielson da Veiga understands the State’s concern regarding the inspection of the sector, but argues that, first, conditions must be created for citizens to enjoy a quality public health service.
The chairman also recalls that, in Cape Verde, there is still no law that regulates the medical act, a gap that, in his opinion, will make it difficult for the Independent Health Regulatory Entity to act.
“ERIS, in order to have a price list, it is necessary to set a price for each medical procedure. The idea that the prime minister passed on is that ERIS, with this law, will then meet with the private sector to discuss, one by one, medical procedures and give a minimum and maximum price, within that goal, and then , each doctor, or each institution, would set the price according to what they invested, for example”, he considered.
Differentiation
However, in his view, this limit cannot be placed between the maximum and the minimum, because there is a differentiation of competence and differentiation of the service that is provided. Danielson da Veiga considers it equally important that Cape Verde move towards health insurance, in line with the demands of users.
As he advanced, in an interview with RCV, the medical profession is available to dialogue with the health sector, but that it does not rule out other forms of struggle, namely through the union, to stop the effects of the decree-law, which doctors consider to be unfair. . Currently, about 650 doctors are enrolled in the order, but only about 400 are practicing the profession.
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