Nueva EPS pagó menos de 20 millones a hospital cuyo gerente explotó en llanto por deuda millonaria
De “indolente” no bajan al ministro de Salud, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, tras responder: “Los ricos también lloran”, cuando le preguntaron, en entrevista con 6AM W, sobre la reacción del gerente del Hospital San Rafael, de Itagüí, Luis Fernando Arroyave, en una rueda de prensa, en la que explotó en llanto al hablar sobre la deuda millonaria que tienen las EPS con el centro de salud y le impide pagar a sus empleados.
TL;DR
- Minister Jaramillo's "The rich also cry" comment drew sharp criticism.
- Hospital San Rafael in Itagüí is owed 27 billion pesos by EPSs, including 8 billion by Nueva EPS.
- Hospital manager Luis Fernando Arroyave wept when discussing the debt and inability to pay staff.
- Antioquia's Health Secretary called the minister's response "indolent" and highlighted the suffering of healthcare workers.
- The Nueva EPS's debt to the hospital network has increased significantly since its intervention.
- Patients have died due to a lack of treatment, with figures exceeding 2,000.
- The minister allegedly threatened to send the hospital manager to the Superintendence of Health.