Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]
Yesterday, December 30th, medical personnel demonstrated in Periférico Oriente, from noon until about 2:00 p.m., in front of Jacarandas, in the "El Vergel" Military Hospital, where they claimed not to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, as personnel notified them that they were suspended.
In view of the inconvenience and the concern to continue working without having more protection than that which they carry in their equipment, the demonstrators closed the circulation in the direction of Cuemanco, waiting for the authorities to listen to their request to be immunized.
The demonstration follows an earlier one on December 25, when doctors and nurses at La Raza Hospital, part of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), reported that they had not been given the COVID-19 vaccine.
At that time, they said that the 22 doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech Pharmaceuticals, destined for that hospital at that time, were not applied to those facing COVID on the front line, but to hospital officials.
The Animal Politics media reported that the protesters carried signs that said Doctors and nurses carried signs that said "Vaccinate the operative, not the manager", "Inhumane selfish managers", "Applause no, vaccine yes".
Thus, last week, the head of the IMSS, Zoé Robledo, was questioned because of complaints from doctors and nurses, however, he denied what happened and said that only one manager was vaccinated.
The official also noted that the 22 people selected to be vaccinated belong to various categories such as doctors, residents, nurses, radiologists, chemists, ambulance people, and cleaners, among others.
In that sense, he said there is an important criterion for the selection of those who should be vaccinated first, because it starts with those most vulnerable, who work in the area of COVID, and who have risk factors such as being over 60 years or have a chronic degenerative disease.
In addition, yesterday afternoon, the Ministry of Health of the State of Mexico reported that it will sanction the director of the Medical Center "Lic. Adolfo Lopez Mateos", after being identified in social networks as #LordVacuna, after having his family in the line to be immunized against COVID-19.
The case began to resonate on social networks on December 29th, where several users revealed the doctor's alleged identity and baptized him as #LordVacuna, a title that reached great relevance on Twitter.
After the situation, the Mexican health agency explained that the director of the medical center will face sanctions, first, by the internal control body of the Ministry of Health, and then give a hearing to the Comptroller General of the State of Mexico.
He also announced that the filter for registering candidates to receive the vaccine will be strengthened "in order to prevent these practices from being repeated".
