First stop was Universidad Austral so we could hear from Dr. Josefina Medrano, the Past Minister of Health Province of Salta during COVID. She covered several topics such as health coverage and financing, provincial health system, actions during a pandemic and healthcare management and its complexity. When it came to making decisions, she needed to…
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Healthcare Disparities
We began our day with a short walk to Austral University, where we had the opportunity to meet with the former Minister of Health for the province of Salta during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was fascinating to hear about the problem-solving strategies she and her team developed during such a high-pressure crisis. Afterward, we bussed…
From Crisis to Comfort
We finished our final day of exploring Argentina’s healthcare system with eye-opening tours of one public and one private hospital. We met with medical leaders and gathered information to finish our presentations on Argentina’s entire healthcare system. To begin the day, we went to Austral University to meet with Dr. Josefina Medrano who was…
Hospital Hopping and Health Gaps
Today was our final hospital visit. We are on day 10 of our trip and I cant believe how fast its gone by. We started the day heading to Austral and meeting with Dr. Josefina Medrano, the former minister of health in the Salta Province. She talked about the environment of Salta and the challenges…
Day 10: Final Talks and Tours
Last day of hospital visits! We started the day off with a presentation from Dr. Medrano, the former Minister of Health for the province of Salta. Her presentation covered the challenges that arose from the COVID pandemic during her term and how the province faced geographic difficulties. We then made our way to Fernández Public…
Day 10 in Buenos Aires!
Today we started our day off by walking over to Austral for a presentation led by Dr. Josefina Medrano, a former minister of Salta Province. Salta is one of the poorest provinces in Argentina. Dr. Medrano provided an overview of it and how the pandemic affected healthcare within the area. She talked about the complexities…
Our Final Hospitals
We had an early start to our tenth day in Argentina and walked back over to the Austral building to listen to a presentation by Dr. Medrano. She discussed with us how the province of Salta was affected and what actions were taken during COVID. It was interesting to hear about how countries other than…
Salta’s Mountains to Buenos Aires’ Hospitals
Day 10 in Buenos Aires! Today we had a meeting with Dr. Josefina Medrano, who was the former minister of health in the province of Salta during Covid-19. She was the first female minister of health in Salta. During this meeting at Austral, we learned about the healthcare system in more rural areas outside of…
Day 10: Fernández General Hospital and Swiss Medical
Today, we started bright and early with a walk over to the University of Austral. There, we heard from Dr. Josefina Medrano, the former Minister of Health of Salta during COVID-19 and a current physician with Swiss Medical. She emphasized the importance of communication during a crisis, sharing insights from her experience managing the pandemic….
Argentina Day 10
Today we visited our final two hospitals. The first hospital– a public sector hospital, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Fernández is located in Buenos Aires. The second hospital we visited is Swiss Medical in Buenos Aires as well. This is a very top notch private hospital with a high class building and interior design, opposed…
Last hospital visits
Today marks our last day of hospital visits!! I can’t believe our trip is so close to being over. It has been so much fun and has gone by so fast. To start off the day, we went to the University of Austral for a lecture from Dr. Medrano about the Ministry of Health. She…
Day 10 – Hospitals and Hospitals
We kicked off the day with a short walk to Universidad Austral’s Buenos Aires campus for a one hour session about Argentina’s healthcare system. After the lesson, we headed back to the hotel and then took a 20 minute bus ride to Hospital Fernandez, a large public hospital. Hospital Fernandez was definitely busy as people…
Day 10 in Buenos Aires
Today, we visited another unbelievable private hospital, Swiss Medical. The hospital was extremely nice, and the rooms throughout looked like hotel rooms. It also had world-class advanced technology and plenty of staff. We also visited another public hospital, Fernández Public Hospital, which was one of the nicer public hospitals we’ve seen so far, but it…
Argentinian Health Inequity Compared to the US
As I discussed in my blog post yesterday, there is a large gap between Argentina’s public and private systems. From facility quality to technology to salary, the resources are starkly different. While America is no stranger to health inequity, it looks very different. In Argentina, healthcare is regarded as a human right, and its constitution…
Social Gradient – Here and Home
Today we visited another amazing world class private hospital and a not so world class public hospital. And in doing so the differences between the two hospitals were very obvious. This brings into question how extreme is Argentinas social gradient and how does it compare to that in the United States. As it relates to…
Comfort for Some, Crowding for Other
We started with breakfast at the hotel and then met with Dr. Florencia Ledesma to learn about ASE, one of the Obras Sociales and Medlife, a private insurance company and to compare them. ASE has faced many changes recently with Milei’s new policies. There we talked. We then had a quick lunch, and then drove…
Day 10 in Argentina
Today we talked with the previous minister of health of the province of Salta, Dra. Josefina Medrano. Salta is a northern mining province. It is a relatively poor province, meaning it does not have enough funds for proper public hospitals. Dra. Medrano was the minister of health during the COVID 19 pandemic, so she had…
A beautiful hospital with a heavy contrast
Day 9 in Buenos Aires! Today, we had a meeting with Dr. Florencia, who taught us about Medife. Medife is an organization that provides health insurance and services to people in Argentina. It is a prepaid medicine company, meaning it is private insurance. We learned about how they also had a partnering organization called ASE…
Behind the Curtain of Argentina’s Healthcare System
We started off the morning with a presentation from Dr. Florencia Ledesma, physician and director of ASE Conecta. We were introduced to Medifé, a national nonprofit prepaid health insurance company, and learned about how it deals with clients, the services it offers, how it contacts doctors. It offers many services including outpatient medical care, hospitalization,…
Inequality in Plain Sight
Today, we started off the day lecture from Dr. Florencia from ASEConecta. This was a really great lesson that showed us the true impact of Milei and his reforms on the healthcare system, specifically the unions. She talked about the difference between Medife, which is a pre-paid health insurance company and ASE, which is an…