The leadership of the government-repossessed Colombian health insurance company (EPS) Saludcoop has formed a union that may prevent their removal from office for the next six months. Twenty-five Saludcoop employees…
Colombians in various cities across the country marched against the corruption in the nation’s health system and the poor health services it provides, RCN Radio reported Tuesday. About 5,000 people,…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Monday ordered public health insurance companies (EPS) not to deny treatment to patients with deteriorating illnesses such as AIDS. According to the Court, EPS are not…
The former director of the recently repossessed Colombian health insurance company Saludcoop made donations to political parties with public money, according to the opposition Polo Democratico party.
A Colombian couple facing murder charges stemming from a fatal back-office buttocks enhancement surgery pleaded not guilty Thursday. “Inocente,” Ruben Dario Matallana-Galvas and Carmen Olfidia Torres-Sanchez said in Spanish in…
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon threatened state repossession of insurance (EPS) companies that are found to have appropriated public resources, in a Wednesday conference in Bogota, according to an official…
A woman in the north Colombian city of Barranquilla gave birth to healthy quadruplets, local media report. According to Caracol Radio, the quadruplets were the result of artificial insemination after…
Intercepted FARC emails have revealed that various leaders are in poor health, suffering from conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and spinal problems, said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Saturday. According…
President Juan Manuel Santos announced that six state employees have been arrested in connection to the latest corruption scandal in the health insurance sector. A network of staff from the…