Rodrigo Pacheco: The plan is the basis for the agreed and integrated programming and aims to organize the state's Health Care Network.
Rodrigo Pacheco: The objective is to establish patient flows and to guide investments in medium and high-complexity care, reducing regional shortages.
However, there is still an abyss between technical planning and the care reality.
Rodrigo Pacheco: In real life, the patient from a small town still cannot secure a bed in the referral hospital.
Rodrigo Pacheco: The population still travels prohibitive distances to obtain basic care, especially in northern Minas and in the Jequitinhonha Valley.