One month after the nationwide oncology sanitary alert took effect, Health Minister May Chomali led the signing of a decree transferring $154 billion from the Ministry of Hacienda to the Ministry of Health (Minsal). The funds will exclusively support the Oncology Alert Plan, enhancing public health services' capacity to resolve oncology waiting lists affecting thousands of patients.
The decree signing on Monday formalizes the funding commitment for the Oncology Alert Plan, declared by President José Antonio Kast in late March and activated last month after Comptroller General approval. The $154 billion shift to Health Services will boost resolution capacity, fund plan actions, and meet deadlines amid ongoing delays for diagnostics and treatments.
Minister Chomali highlighted the inter-ministerial collaboration: “Here there was an important effort to defend the sector from day one. I have to recognize that the Minister of Hacienda made an act of faith with us.” She pledged results: “They made an act of faith with us and we will not respond with an act of faith, but with concrete acts for people who have been waiting for their diagnosis and treatments.”
Subsecretary of Assistential Networks Julio Montt praised the step: “I am convinced that, with collaboration, strategic vision, and commitment, we can continue strengthening our assistential network and provide an increasingly effective response to the challenge we are facing.”
