health
Institutional medicines from EPS would be being sold on the black market
Thousands of Colombians queue daily to obtain medicines while a serious complaint reveals that drugs intended to save lives are being diverted to the black market.
TL;DR
- Institutional medicines intended for EPS patients in Colombia are being illegally sold on the black market.
- Asocoldro denounces the diversion of these medications, which are marked as institutional but are not reaching patients through official channels.
- Patients are forced to purchase these high-cost medications on the illegal market due to failures in the official healthcare system.
- The situation highlights a corruption network profiting from people's health while the system is failing.
- Drugstore owners are also facing extortion, increasing the vulnerability of small and medium-sized businesses in the sector.
- The Colombian health system is criticized for lacking a plan to provide dignified healthcare, leading to deaths while patients wait for medication or treatment authorization.
- Luz Stella Matallana died waiting for authorization from Nueva EPS for a necessary surgery related to her mechanical heart valve.
- Despite repeated requests and emergency conditions, Nueva EPS failed to authorize necessary exams or a transfer to a higher-level hospital for Matallana.