Health minister on US trip: ‘If Peruvians were offended, I sincerely apologize’

Health Minister Rosa Gutiérrez spoke this Wednesday of her trip to the city of Washington (USA) to attend a regional meeting convened by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in the context of national emergency due to rain and river floods caused by the presence of Cyclone Yaku. To this is added that the head of Minsa traveled accompanied by her youngest 11-year-old son.

talking to News extension, Gutierrez He explained that as a “mom and dad” he traveled to the US with his son, stressing that he always “traveled with him and that can be proven.”

“I have always stated that I am a mom and dad, and my role as a mother will take precedence in any situation. My son’s safety will always come first,” he said.

“I am not only an official, I am a mother and I will always express this. Many women, like me, take on this role. [de mamá y papá] and we go to work with our kids and so we stop working normally,” he added.

Head of Minsy He considered his presence at the PAHO meeting held on Tuesday 14 March to be vital in managing funding and technical assistance to prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics and natural disasters.

“Like Peru, they have sought to follow a clear and precise technical line, which says that our country must be on an equal footing, participating on the principles of fairness and transparency, in order to receive vaccines, consumables, reagents and protective materials for doctors on time. “, he commented on his participation in the PAHO meeting.

“We have been able to activate the PAHO Emergency Fund, which provides $100,000 to $2 million in fresh money to help affected areas,” he added.

Despite being in USAThe Minister of Health commented that she is constantly monitoring the situation in the country.

“We have not stopped monitoring, the vice ministers are working, and the ministers are in the field. I believe that in the two years of absence of our Ministry of Health, our country, milestones and precedents need to be set before PAHO and WHO. [sic]”, he decided.

apologize

Rose Gutierrezwho was questioned by the Peruvian Medical Federation (FMP) about his trip as part of national emergencyresponded that she had not sent a technician because, as Minister of Health, she was responsible for making solutions in the sector.

In this sense, a member Cabinet of Ministers apologized to the country for misinterpreting it journey overseas under a total emergency due to heavy rains that have wreaked havoc in the north of the country, and Lambayeque And piura.

“If I, as a minister, need to take quick action in favor of my country, I will always be ahead. Yes, I also collect and apologize to the population if, perhaps, they perceived it that way; I am always a modest and sensitive woman in the face of such a situation,” she said.

Commenting that her son’s trip did not involve any costs to the national treasury, Minister of Health announced that he would arrive in the country this Wednesday.

“Today I am returning and I am going to continue because I have not stopped meeting all the requirements of our different regions. It is maliciously shown that the minister went for a walk, ”he sentenced.