The Ministry of Health of Peru (Minsa) has announced that 80 companies – from Peru and overseas – are interested in forming a partnership with public health establishments in the country through a public-private partnership. The main objective will be to invest in construction, equipment and the implementation of non-clinical services.
Cecilia Ma Cárdenas, a healthcare consultant, states that the PPPs (Public-Private Partnerships) do not represent a privatization of the healthcare services.
The official explained that the companies – from Canada, Korea, Spain, Mexico, Peru and the United Kingdom – are experts in the construction of hospitals and healthcare services. She also said that a group of them would take charge of the design, construction, management and equipping of establishments.
The PPPs will take shape through seven projects that will be put out to tender this year:
The first project will be put out for tender in March. It offers non-clinical services management at the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño de San Borja. So far, seven companies have already bought the terms of the tender. “The company that wins the tender will be responsible for maintaining the equipment and infrastructure of the new Instituto de Salud del Niño,” Ma Cárdenas stated.
The second and third projects are linked to the construction, equipment and management of non-clinical services at the Blood and Umbilical Cord Bank as well as the Blood Center in Lima.
The company in charge of the fourth project will work on the management of solid biomedical waste at all the healthcare establishments in the metropolitan region of the Peruvian capital. “Companies will be hired to take care of the treatment and final disposal of the waste, as well as its collection and transfer,” said the consultant.
The fifth and sixth project especially will be aimed at improving the Sergio Bernales and Dos de Mayo Hospitals, which were classified as having III-1 status in its external consults in different specialties. Ma Cárdenas confirmed that both hospitals will have their infrastructure and equipment improved and hire out non-clinical services.
Finally, the seventh project will include the implementation of the Telehealth and Telemedicine to meet the demand for tests and care services among the population of remote areas.
Cecilia Ma Cárdenas emphasized that the tender terms must be ready by the end of the year.
Sources: Ministerio de Salud de Perú and Agencia de Noticias Andina
