Ten thousand protest crisis in Bogota hospitals
Ten thousand health care workers marched in Bogota Thursday, calling for financial reform in the country’s public hospital system. The bulk of their protests were aimed at Empresas Promotoras de…
Ten thousand health care workers marched in Bogota Thursday, calling for financial reform in the country’s public hospital system. The bulk of their protests were aimed at Empresas Promotoras de…
Colombian authorities open an investigation into former Minister of Social Protection Diego Palacio and former Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata over the alleged embezzlement of public health funds by health…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office opened up two new criminal investigations into irregularities in the provision of medical care and mismanagement of funds administrated by the government agency Fosyga, W Radio…
Health insurance companies (EPS) in the Colombian capital Bogota are actively trying to avoid paying hospitals, the city’s ombudsman said Monday. According to the controlling body, the not paying of…
Protesters in 22 cities around Colombia took to the streets in a “masked march” against corruption on Sunday. Colombian media reported hundreds of protesters assembled from Popayan to Cartagena, all…
Colombians will have universal access to healthcare by 2012, announced President Juan Manuel Santos Friday. The Colombian heathcare sector will be restructured over the next two years to integrate new…
The current Comptroller General’s Office presented evidence to Colombian prosecutors implicating former Comptroller General Julio Cesar Turbay Quintero in the Saludcoop financial scandal, various media reported Tuesday. Following a detailed…
Colombian hospitals have been forced to turn to the government for assistance due to severe resource shortages, newspaper El Tiempo reported Sunday. Hospitals throughout Colombia are in danger of being…
Colombian insurance companies (EPS) and departments owe hospitals over $2 billion, said the country’s health union Thursday. “At the root of the crisis, the EPS have not repaid in three…