“Que malos seres humanos”: Fico Gutiérrez por respuesta del MinSalud a gerente de hospital que estalló en llanto
El país conoció a primera hora del lunes, 19 de enero, la respuesta del ministro de Salud, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, al llanto de Luis Fernando Arroyave, gerente del Hospital San Rafael, de Itagüí, cuando confesó en rueda de prensa que el centro de salud no tiene cómo pagar a sus empleados, por la deuda millonaria de las EPS.
TL;DR
- Minister of Health Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo made a controversial statement, "rich people also cry," in response to a hospital manager's lament about unpaid employee salaries.
- Luis Fernando Arroyave, manager of Hospital San Rafael in Itagüí, expressed his "bound" feelings as employees have not received salaries for months due to EPS debt.
- Hospital employees contradicted the minister's statement, sharing their financial struggles, including pausing a daughter's university education and reducing household expenses.
- The financial situation is so severe that the hospital lacks fuel for ambulances, and one ambulance is grounded due to pending paperwork.
- Nueva EPS owes Hospital San Rafael nearly 9 billion pesos and recently paid only 19 million.
- Hospital San Juan de Dios in Rionegro is owed 90 billion pesos by EPS.
- Antioquia's health secretary stated that 60 public hospitals are in financial risk.
- Medellín's mayor, Federico Gutiérrez, criticized the government's response as "unfortunate," "hurtful," and "inhumane."