Yelkis Gill
PanamapoliticianFemale8.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Yelkis Gill is a public health physician and the national director of Health Service Provision at the Ministry of Health (Minsa) in Panama. She has been in the news for her role in addressing recent allegations of medical malpractice at Hospital Nicolás A. Solano, where two cases involving the deaths of a mother and her newborns, as well as a man in the emergency waiting area, have prompted judicial investigations. Gill emphasizes the importance of improving medical care and ensuring accountability within the healthcare system, highlighting that each investigation serves as an opportunity for systemic improvement rather than merely assigning blame.
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Yelkis Gill explained that the form was developed alongside medical associations to organize access, prescription, and dispensing in authorized pharmacies.
Cannabis medicinal en Panamá: uso y acceso dependerán de la indicación médicaPanama· 2026-06-03Yelkis Gill, the general director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health, confirmed that national blood bank reserves are below 40%, a critical level that compromises the healthcare system's response capacity.
Crisis en los bancos de sangre: Minsa alerta que reservas están por debajo del 40%Panama· 2026-01-12
Yelkis Gill explained the preventive measures activated by the Ministry of Health in response to the influenza A(H3N2) variant.
Variante K de la influenza A(H3N2) llega a Costa Rica: Panamá refuerza las medidasPanama· 2025-12-16Yelkis Gill is the national executive director of Health Services and Benefits at the Ministry of Health.
Hospital Nicolás A. Solano en crisis: creación de patronato busca transformar la gestiónPanama· 2025-09-10
Yelkis Gill is the national executive director of Services and Health Benefits at the Ministry of Health.
El hospital que no creció al ritmo de la población: Nicolás A. Solano al límitePanama· 2025-09-09
Yelkis Gill is the director of the National Provision of Health Services at the Ministry of Health in Panama.
Hospital Nicolás A. Solano: dos denuncias por mala atención llegan a la esfera judicialPanama· 2025-09-02