Deudas también asfixian al hospital Alma Máter: apenas pagaron la prima de diciembre, pero siguen deudas con trabajadores y proveedores
La crisis financiera que golpea a la red hospitalaria de Antioquia tuvo un nuevo episodio de tensión esta semana en el Hospital Alma Máter de Antioqui...
TL;DR
- Hospital Alma Máter de Antioquia staff protested unpaid salaries and shortages of basic medical supplies.
- Partial payments were made to employees earning up to four million pesos, but higher earners are still awaiting their salaries.
- The hospital is owed $163 billion pesos by intervened EPS, making it the second-most affected in Antioquia.
- Nueva EPS, the largest insurer, has not presented financial statements since September 2023, contributing to over $3.1 trillion pesos in debt in Antioquia.
- The financial liquidity crisis has led providers to suspend deliveries of medicines and surgical materials.
- The Minister of Health, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, attributed the crisis to poor administration and the hospital being a 'political stronghold,' a statement criticized as 'miserable' and 'indolent'.