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In relation to a report that reveals alleged irregularities in the Medical College, the Minister of Health and former president of Colmed, Enrique Paris, said that he is calm and that he will collaborate with the investigation. He also pointed out that “I never directed the Santiago Regional, and Dr. Siches was part of my board of directors, therefore she is also co-responsible, if there is any mistake that has been made at the central table level.”

During the balance of covid-19, the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, referred to the report of alleged irregularities in the Medical College, noting that “Dr. Siches was part of my board of directors, therefore she is also co-responsible, if there is any mistake that has been made at the central table level.”

Recall that a publication of the Libero revealed a series of administrative irregularities among them: tax evasion, duplicate payments and hiring of relatives of the directors for almost $ 500 million.

According to these facts, this pointed to the period of the presidency of Dr. Izkia Siches, but according to a statement from the Medical College indicates that “this fraud, as well as the other deficiencies that the KPMG audit revealed, originated prior to our arrival at the leadership of the Medical College, during or before the administration headed by Dr. Enrique Paris Mancilla ”.

The Minister of Health led Colmed from 2011 to 2017.

Forensic audit

According to Minister Paris, the forensic audit was requested by the opposition to the current directive of the Medical College. “It was not an initiative of the current directive, and they took a long time to approve and carry out this study or this request for transparency”, he specified.

He also said that “the session where this approval was voted, in that session precisely the president was not present, because she was outside of Chile, therefore this is not an initiative of the current board of directors.”

It should be remembered that Dr. Izkia Siches pointed out through her Twitter account that “it was our administration that detected the embezzlement thanks to the modernization of the accounting system. We promote the forensic audit ”.

“Anyway, I think it is a very good plan, it is a possibility to clarify certain inaccuracies,” said the Minister of Health.

Regional Santiago

“The forensic audit refers to the period 2014-2020, in that period Dr. Siches was the president of the Santiago Regional, and she was also my second vice president at the national level, that is, she participated in my board of directors,” said Minister Paris.

Likewise, the health authority said that “of the observations that are made, the majority correspond to the Santiago Regional, that is, all the observations that are made KPMG it is that there are approximately 10 facts that are detected and that are clearly determined in a statement that came out today ”.

He also pointed out that “I never directed the Santiago Regional, and Dr. Siches was part of my board of directors, therefore she is also jointly responsible, if there is any mistake that has been made at the central table level.”

“Spreading doubts or trying to involve other people does not lead to anything, and I am open and very calm that this is investigated”emphasized Minister Paris.

Regional Valparaíso

The minister said that when he was national president of the Medical College at that time “it had nothing to do with the Valparaíso Regional, since the regionals are independent. If some events occurred, let’s say not correct, it was at the same time that Dr. Siches was national vice president, therefore she could also have made the same complaint “.

The health authority said that he was calm and clear with everything he did at the Medical College.

“We just pay the taxes that were owed for many years, we prevent the money from the union solidarity funds, which is for the elderly, for the mortuary fee, from being used for other purposes, something that is not happening now,” he concluded. Paris.