Federal Government Determined to Deal with and Solve Mexico's Problems: President Calderón
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| | President Felipe Calderón attends second annual report on work of President of Supreme Court of Justice 2008. (Guillermo Ortiz Mayagoitia) | |
President Felipe Calderón declared that his government is determined to deal with and solve the main problems facing Mexico, such as health, lack of safety on the streets and the worldwide economic downturn.
During the inauguration of the General Hospital in the Municipality of Maravatío, Michoacán, the President declared that it is through unity and determination that any adversity will be able to be overcome.
“I know that if we work together, shoulder to shoulder, like the united nation we are, and faithfully follow the example of our heroes, then we will be able to overcome these problems and build a different, better future for Michoacán and Mexico," he explained.
Accompanied by state governor Leonel Godoy Rangel and Health Secretary José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, President Calderón declared that regardless of the country's accumulated lag in health and the number of years that have elapsed without dealing with the problem, this Administration is determined to deal with it.
Proof of this, he declared, is that in 2009, Federal Government will assign $133 billion pesos to this sector, in other words, 20% more than in 2008. He added that over the past two years, the amount of resources assigned to the Health Secretary have doubled, while the amount allocated for Popular Insurance has risen from $16 to $48 billion pesos.
“I am convinced that Mexico will only be a more equitable, fairer country when every Mexican has guaranteed, quality medical care," he stated.
The President announced that the Hospital he opened in this municipality involved over $50 million pesos in investment from his administration and will benefit the northeast and east region of Michoacán.
He added that this General Hospital, which he suggested should be called the Bicentennial Hospital, will have six specialties: Pediatrics, gyneco-obstetrics, internal medicine, surgery, anesthesiology and dentistry, in addition to traumatology, since it is located in the middle of the Mexico-Guadalajara highway.
“If we go on like this, to celebrate the Bicentennial, by 2011, Mexico will be one of the few countries in the world to have achieved universal health coverage," he explained. |
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