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Crisis of Nueva EPS worsens in Antioquia: 8 out of 10 patients are not attended
The crisis that Nueva EPS is going through in Antioquia is deepening. The Antioquia Health Secretariat warned that in less than a year the compliance indicators of that promoter, which measure the guarantees and effective access of its affiliates to health services, have plummeted.
TL;DR
- Nueva EPS's health service access indicator in Antioquia dropped from 60% to 20% in less than a year.
- Over 993,000 people are affiliated with Nueva EPS in Antioquia.
- The crisis contributes to severe congestion in hospital emergency rooms across the department.
- Some hospitals in Antioquia are experiencing extreme overcrowding, with occupancy rates exceeding 300%.
- Patient advocacy groups describe the situation as a humanitarian crisis, with 8 out of 10 patients facing difficulties accessing care.
- Lack of timely medication and treatment is causing disease progression and making procedures like organ transplants problematic.
- Nueva EPS has faced managerial instability, with five interventors appointed nationally, hindering service continuity.
- Nueva EPS has not presented financial statements for three years, raising concerns about its financial stability.