Karina Rando

{{Short description|Uruguayan anesthesiologist and politician}}

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| alma_mater = University of the Republic

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| office = Minister of Public Health of Uruguay

| term_start = 13 March 2023

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| president = Luis Lacalle Pou

| predecessor = Daniel Salinas

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| birth_name = Ana Evelyn Karina Rando Huluk

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| party = Open Cabildo

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Ana Evelyn Karina Rando Huluk is a Uruguayan anesthesiologist and politician of Open Cabildo (CA), serving as Minister of Public Health of Uruguay since March 13, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-30 |title=Karina Rando será la nueva ministra de Salud Pública, en lugar de Daniel Salinas |url=https://www.subrayado.com.uy/karina-rando-sera-la-nueva-ministra-salud-publica-lugar-daniel-salinas-n890031 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=subrayado.com.uy |language=es-UY}}

Rando attended the Crandon Institute and graduated with a medical degree from the University of the Republic.{{Cite web |last=Redacción |title=Karina Rando, la anestesióloga a la que le desvela la seguridad del paciente y que tiene como desafío reemplazar al ministro más popular |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/karina-rando-la-anestesiologa-a-la-que-le-desvela-la-seguridad-del-paciente-y-que-tiene-como-desafio-reemplazar-al-ministro-mas-popular-2023131184011 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=El Observador}} She has provided services in different health centers and since 2009 she has been a member of the founding team of the Bi-Institutional Liver Transplant Unit of the Central Hospital of the Armed Forces as anesthesia coordinator.{{Cite web |title=En una década 190 personas recibieron un trasplante de hígado, con altos niveles de sobrevida |url=https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-salud-publica/comunicacion/noticias/decada-190-personas-recibieron-trasplante-higado-altos-niveles-sobrevida |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Ministerio de Salud Pública |language=es}}

Her predecessor as minister Daniel Salinas had in part left the job and politics because of the attention he received from anti-vaccine groups during the pandemic. Rando's appointment raised questions about her political experience. She had previously been the Coordination Director at the Ministry of Public Health and her appointment was by President Lacalle Pou.{{Cite web |title=Technician with little political background to become Uruguay's new health minister |url=https://en.mercopress.com/2023/03/13/technician-with-little-political-background-to-become-uruguay-s-new-health-minister |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=MercoPress |language=en}}