Professionals with foreign diploma begin to meet in a week

The approximately 2000 physicians participating foreign diploma of the second phase of the Program More Doctors will start the sessions in a week. They will work, starting next Monday (4), in primary Health 783 municipalities and will occupy the vacancies remaining unfilled by Brazilians with national diploma, which have priority.

After spending the last three weeks the training module and assessment in the federal universities, doctors trained abroad began arriving on Saturday (26), the states in which they will work. The Health Minister, Alexandre Padilha, was the two capitals - Goiânia and São Paulo - to welcome the professionals. The shift must occur, according to the ministry, until Wednesday (30).

Before being sent to the municipalities where they will attend population, physicians will be in capitals, where will study throughout this week, the most common health problems in the region and will have information about the network health status. The ambiance is considered essential by the government, since it is at this stage that they know hospitals, clinics and other health facilities to which they must refer patients needing specialized care, such as surgery. The group, formed by 2,167 doctors, 1,499 will join the Professional - 819 680 Brazilians and foreigners - who are already working in underserved regions of the country.

So that they can start working, they will also receive, throughout the week, the records issued by the Ministry of Health, which now has the power to grant the document, as amended by Law established the More Doctors, sanctioned last week by President Dilma Rousseff. Before the award was the regional councils of Medicine.

The Northeast is the region that receives the highest number of practitioners, 928. Then come the South East (517) North (358), South (244) and the Midwest (120). With new medical program coverage will increase from 5 million to 13 million Brazilians, according to the Ministry of Health Professionals in the program receive a scholarship of U.S. $ 10,000 per month and per diem paid by the Ministry of Health Municipalities are responsible for ensuring food and housing.

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