Patient associations file criminal complaint against Minister Jaramillo for non-compliance with court health rulings
The organization Patients for Colombia, which brings together 202 associations, filed a criminal complaint against Guillermo Jaramillo (Minister of Health) for allegedly failing to comply with several Constitutional Court decisions on health.
TL;DR
- Patients for Colombia, representing 202 associations, filed a criminal complaint against Health Minister Guillermo Jaramillo.
- The complaint alleges non-compliance with Constitutional Court decisions regarding financial sufficiency of the Unit of Payment per Capita (UPC) and maximum budgets.
- The organization argues these omissions jeopardize the health system's stability and the fundamental right to health.
- Specific issues include failing to unify maximum budgets, making late and insufficient payments, and basing UPC values on inflation instead of technical studies.
- The complaint cites several Constitutional Court rulings, including T-760 of 2008, as evidence of general non-compliance.
- Technical meetings ordered by the court are described as formalistic, lacking real deliberation and excluding key stakeholders.
- The case is linked to the death of Kevin Acosta, a child with hemophilia, whose mother disputes the government's explanation of his death.
- Minister Jaramillo suggested the child's death was related to a bicycle accident and warned about risks for hemophiliacs, while the mother insists it was due to a delayed medication.
- President Gustavo Petro also alluded to the bicycle accident as a preventative issue, drawing criticism from the mother and public.