Edvaldo presents to the caucus a proposed amendment of R$ 120 million for healthcare.
Focusing on the health sector, Mayor Edvaldo Nogueira presented to the federal deputies and senators of the Sergipe delegation in Congress a proposed mandatory amendment, requesting resources of approximately R$ 120 million for the capital city. “Aracaju concentrates 25% of Sergipe's population, in addition to absorbing about 90% of the demand for medium and high complexity healthcare in the entire state, which demonstrates the need for an amendment focused on this sector, which is a priority for our administration. Currently, the city hall already invests 19% of its budget in health, well above the mandatory 15%,” explained the mayor.
Sergipe 247 - Mayor Edvaldo Nogueira presented, this Tuesday, the 17th, to the federal deputies and senators who make up the Sergipe delegation in the National Congress, the proposal for a mandatory amendment for Aracaju. The focus is on the Public Health sector of the capital, for which the municipal administration is requesting resources of around R$ 120 million. As has been the tradition in recent years, Edvaldo asked the parliamentarians that the Aracaju proposal be included as one of the delegation's amendments in the General Budget of the Union for 2018.
“Aracaju concentrates 25% of Sergipe's population, in addition to absorbing about 90% of the demand for medium and high complexity healthcare in the entire state, which demonstrates the need for an amendment focused on the sector, which is a priority for our administration. Currently, the city hall already invests 19% of its budget in healthcare, well above the mandatory 15%. Even so, we face a monthly deficit of R$ 5 million, which, within a year, reaches R$ 60 million. With the approval of the law that established the ceiling on public spending, the prospect is that the deficit will worsen even further,” explained the mayor.
According to the technical note delivered by Edvaldo to the coordinator of the federal caucus, Congressman Jony Marcos, and also distributed to federal congressmen André Moura (government leader in Congress) and Valadares Filho, and senators Valadares, Eduardo Amorim, and Maria do Carmo, it is established that of the R$ 120 million, R$ 70 million will go towards the maintenance of medium and high complexity healthcare units. The other R$ 50 million will go to basic healthcare units.
In its justification, the city hall states that Aracaju is responsible for the majority of medium and high complexity healthcare services and cites that the city's own outpatient network is composed of two large specialty centers – Cemar Siqueira Campos and Cemar Augusto Franco – in addition to other specialized units, whose monthly cost is R$ 8,3 million. Primary care consumes another R$ 9 million per month. There are also expenses related to hospital contracts, totaling R$ 10,1 million. Meanwhile, the reimbursements are below the total costs of the network, leading to a deficit.
“Ever since Marcelo Déda was mayor, Aracaju has always had an amendment among the proposals from the parliamentary group. Last year, when the amendments became mandatory, the capital was included as one of the beneficiaries. Therefore, I advocate that this tradition be maintained so that we can receive resources for Health, which is a priority area and has a great impact on the lives of the population throughout the State,” the mayor emphasized.