XALAPA, Ver.
LFar from giving an explanation for the surplus of medicines about to expire and others that expired in hospitals, including oncology and high-cost medicines in the stores of the Veracruz Ministry of Health, former secretary Roberto Ramos Alor made a video in which he explains that his resignation from the dependency is because he belongs to a political group and that it is time for him to be with his colleagues from the Morena party.
Both the Comptroller General of the State and the Superior Control Body have remained silent in the face of the serious observations made by the Institute of Health and Welfare (Insabi), since in the case of medicines it could amount to economic damage of more than 800 million pesos, according to estimates by Health personnel consulted.
In a video that he uploaded to his social networks, Ramos Alor assured that there was an agreement so that when the coronavirus pandemic ended, he would leave office and that Governor Cuitláhuac García had been “very grateful for his work.”
I want to comment that at the time I had talked with my governor that after the pandemic he would allow me to retire to my offices in Coatzacoalcos, to continue with my medical services that we have carried out for years in the south of Veracruz, ”he said in his recording .
He indicated that it is time to be close to his colleagues in the south of Veracruz, but at no time did he refer to the audits that Insabi had to do due to the lack of medicines that caused the mothers of children with oncological illnesses on several occasions They demonstrated not only in Veracruz, but also in Mexico City, since they closed the accesses to the terminal of the Benito Juárez International Airport.
In Morena circles it has been commented that Roberto Ramos Alor is seeking to be a candidate for the municipal presidency of Coatzacoalcos and his departure to the south will be for that purpose.
STORED
On December 6, 2021, during the appearance of Ramos Alor, the then secretary reported that at that time, the supply of cancer drugs was at 84%, with 32.4% for the federation and 53.6% for purchases. made by the agency, which means that SESVER acquired 42 thousand 709 pieces, with an investment of 79 million pesos.
In total, for the drug category, the Ministry of Health invested 260 million 605 thousand 633 pesos in 2021, according to what was reported by Roberto Ramos Alor.
As for oncology drugs, it has changed, especially the impact brought by their high cost and market availability. This supply has increased to reach the current average, ”he assured.
However, the mothers of children with cancer at each demonstration, the last one on April 25, also complained about the lack of antibiotics to treat opportunistic diseases.
In the session of December 6, the deputy Verónica Pulido criticized the shortage not only of oncological medicines, but also for chronic-degenerative diseases. That is why in 2020 there were 2,644 amparo lawsuits, to force public health institutions to provide medicines to people with particular diseases, as well as 50 complaints about shortages, medicines, supplies or vaccines between May and August 2021.
On May 20, Excelsior published that warehouses were full of medicines that could be expired. Photo: Special
IRREGULAR PURCHASES, EVEN WITHOUT INQUIRIES
During the management of Roberto Ramos Alor in the Ministry of Health, there were irregular purchases that have not been investigated by the Comptroller’s Office or the Superior Control Body and have not been sanctioned, assuring that they are the “only providers that offer the services required ”, because they launched the calls and nobody came.
In addition to the irregular purchases from the corporate Kosmos-Café Bersa S. de RL de SA de CV and Productos Serel SA de CV that were by direct award, it is known that the company Kosmos, involved in the Panama Papers investigation, has as one of the main partners to a former administrator of the Ministry of Health.
They also delivered contracts by direct award to companies and individuals without experience in the medical field or activities related to it; for example, Infrastructure and Construction Lumi, dedicated to civil works and heavy works, which was contracted to supply antibacterial curtains, for an amount of 392 thousand pesos.
The provider Arali Rodríguez Vez received seven contracts, with provider number 32804, with commercial activity of computer goods, licenses, leases, materials, supplies and movable property, but she sold surgical gowns and overalls in the order of 34 million pesos.
The contract that most caught the attention of the opposition legislators was the one granted to Sopricom Comercializadora y Servicios, a company linked to the sale of veterinary medicines, but to Salud it sold medicine for humans for an amount of one million 742 thousand pesos.
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