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Nueva EPS stopped covering the nine million treatment needed by a young disabled person in Cesar
Idalith Benavides observes with concern the deterioration of her son, Édinson Manuel Troyano, since Nueva EPS stopped delivering his medications in December 2025.
TL;DR
- Édinson Manuel Troyano, 18, is suffering from multiple illnesses and requires a monthly treatment costing between eight and nine million pesos.
- Nueva EPS stopped providing these medications in December 2025, and the family cannot afford the cost.
- The family has filed tutelas and incidents of non-compliance against Nueva EPS without success.
- The Secretary of Health of Becerril, Cesar, confirmed the high cost of the medication and the EPS's failure to guarantee its delivery.
- Complaints have also been filed with the National Superintendency of Health, the Attorney General's Office, and the Ombudsman's Office.
- The number of tutelas against Nueva EPS increased significantly from 2024 to 2025.
- Concerns were raised about unopened tutelas related emails when Luis Óscar Gálvez was the interventor agent.