Percy Maita on death certificate: “There must be coordination between Renek, Means and the College of Medicine”

scientific director of the Southern Scientific University, Percy Maita, referred to the decision of the head of the National Identity and Vital Status Registry (Reniec) Carmen Velarde to shut down the National Death Information System (Sinadef). For Maita, a measure announced for the deaths of people listed as unlawfully dead would not be a solution, and he suggested integrating Renik, Ministry of Health care and Medical College.

“There is a gap. And to this we need to add one more step: This is a job that needs to be coordinated between Renek, Means and the College of Medicine. so that this record, just like on paper, we have a stamp where it is verified that it was the doctor who issued the certificate, the system must be combined with an EDS or EDS. This will mean that all doctors have an electronic DNI, because in this way we can confirm that I am responsible for issuing this death certificate, ”he said in News extension.

Maita stressed the importance of Sinadef during the pandemic and recalled that the previous manual system was slow and buggy.

“During the pandemic, we had such an opportunity to find out what the excess of deaths was precisely because of the existence of Sinadef, because we must remember that before the registration of these death certificates, which are prepared by doctors, was manual. As well as then the report went very slowly, there were errors in transcription and some certificates were lost. The advance payment that the country that became pre-pandemic had was Sinadef, ”he added.

‘We’re Not Sure’ in Minsa’s COVID Reports

Given the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Operations Center report indicating that there were no deaths on Saturday the 15th, Maita-Tristan indicated that it was not certain that this was actually happening. However, he did mention that it is “plausible” to believe that deaths are getting smaller and smaller because we are no longer in the fourth wave.

“We’re not sure if this zero is true or if it’s just because of the registry suspension. certificates in Sinadef. This is problem. If we do not continue to use Sinadef, which allows us to automatically track mortality on a daily basis, we will be blind because we do not know if this is true or not, ”he said.

“It can be assumed that we have fewer and fewer deaths from COVID.. We are in a clear decline, or no longer in the fourth wave, but in a plateau phase, where there are few serious cases, and those who die are the remnants of severe patients who were in the intensive care unit. This is what is expected, but it is precisely the problem that lies in doubt,” he concluded.