Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) countered, on Sunday 22, President Lula’s speeches, about his government’s alleged disregard for indigenous populations.
The day before Bolsonaro spoke, after a visit with the Minister of Health, Nísia Trindade, to a Yanomami territory in Roraima, President Lula da Silva blamed his predecessor for the “abandonment” of the indigenous people and declared a health emergency in the territory.
In a post on Telegram, Bolsonaro classified Lula da Silva’s statements as “another farce of the left” and published a text from the Ministry of Health (MS) on December 20, with an assessment of the actions of the ministry in indigenous communities.
“Indigenous health care was one of the priorities of the federal government,” observed Bolsonaro.
“From 2019 to November 2022, the Ministry of Health provided more than 53 million primary care services to traditional peoples, according to data from the SUS Indigenous Health Care Subsystem, SasiSUS.”
Also according to the Ministry of Health balance sheet, a national contingency plan was prepared, during the covid-19 pandemic, for indigenous peoples, which served the 34 special indigenous health districts.
As a result, 1,700 vacancies were opened for professionals in indigenous health.
The text also mentions the adoption of the sanitary protocol for entering indigenous territories and 20 health actions, between 2020 and 2022, in which more than 60,000 consultations were carried out, including consultations with general practitioners and specialists, in regions where more people live. of 450,000 indigenous people.
Among the regions served, the text from the Ministry of Health mentions Alto Rio Negro, Vale do Javari, East of Roraima, Yanomami, Amapá and North of Pará, Xavante, Araguaia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Maranhão, Alto Rio Juruá, Kayapo do Pará, Guama Tocantins and Alto Rio Solimões.
With information from Revista Oeste