Breathe
By Areli Paz Trejo
Tragedy: a common pain, a sadness that must transform us.
A pain that must serve for something. A poison that we can no longer swallow.
What happened at an IMSS clinic in Quintana Roo shook us all, whether or not you are an IMSS beneficiary.
A little girl pressed in an elevator that was supposed to be a safe space to take her to a floor where her life would be saved, that is a tragedy.
I can't imagine the immense pain of that family.
I can't imagine the seconds of Aitana's life in which she thought she would be saved.
What was he thinking about? Of his parents, his friends, his life, just imagining it hurts.
Very much, I didn't know her, I didn't know her family but I sympathize with that pain.
I can't put myself in her shoes, because life is not that simple as a catch phrase.
I can't think of a possible relief.
I have no words to give comfort to that family.
It's not the elevator.
It's everything that was in there.
A 6-year-old girl hoping to save herself. We failed her.
A broken health care system.
A dying health care system.
A system with patches, remedies and promises. Many promises for years.
A health system that in four years they have been saying that it would be like Denmark. No, better than Denmark.
A comprehensive health system that is not integrated.
The four t has been a misfortune for that family.
The four T's, the same ones that today hide behind pretexts, communiqués, blame and dismissal of middle management.
That is what the pain is reduced to.
To meaningless communiqués, empty speeches and incomprehensible explanations.
It's not the elevator, it's everything around it that has been built to tell us that it works, that it helps, that it serves and saves lives.
If they can't take care of an elevator, how can they take care of an entire health system where every day we Mexicans put our last breath in their hands?
Zoé Robledo, head of IMSS will seek to become governor of Chiapas, let's not lose sight of this detail to understand his actions, his words and promises. He will try to say that he is not responsible, although deep down we know that he is. Why? Because the companies that provide external services to the IMSS clinics pass through his hands, the life and history of all those who one day use a health service under his command. How scary it is, how scary to be that girl.
The IMSS has already separated its managers and released the orderly.
It is not the elevator, it is everything that this represents.
There is the tragedy.
One that should not be forgotten.
For Aitana, for her family and for all of us who fear using an IMSS service, some 77 million users who today fear because they have not proven otherwise.
We must demand that those who should be in prison are.
It is not revenge, it is justice.
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