Colombia’s health sector in crisis because paramilitaries robbed 185M: Santos

Colombia’s health sector in crisis because paramilitaries robbed 185M: Santos
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Jul 30, 2015

Ignoring the embezzlement and misappropriation of billions of dollars by health care intermediaries, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday blamed an ongoing health crisis to paramilitary forces robbing $185 million in health funds.

Santos did so while, joined by Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria, presenting advances made in the sector over the past year.

Santos’ presentation was preceded on the same day by the second protests this month of health workers, tens of thousands of whom have been without pay for months while hundreds of hospitals are at the brink of bankruptcy.

“The health care system we received was in intensive care. It had some structural errors that made it non-viable. It had been robbed by paramilitaries in the regions for a long time,” said Santos.

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