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Union leader: No medicines, but plenty of corruption in Venezuela hospitals
Mauro Zambrano: "In hospitals there are no medicines, but corruption"The union leader of hospitals and clinics assured that the directive of the University Hospital of Caracas approved budgets that exceed the 26 million bolivars that have not been reflected in the state of the health center
translated from Spanish
By FERNANDO ZERPA | @FEZERPA | FEZERPA@EL-NACIONAL.COM
JANUARY 7, 2019 04:42 PM | UPDATED ON JANUARY 7, 2019 5:14 PM
Workers at the University Hospital of Caracas (HUC) asked on Monday that Fernando Alvarado, deputy director in charge of the health care center, be dismissed from office for his involvement in acts of corruption.
"The month of December approved a series of budgets that exceed 26 million bolivars, plus a treat of nine million exclusively for the board, which were not reflected," said Mauro Zambrano, union leader of hospitals and clinics in Caracas, exclusively for El Nacional Web.
He explained that other benefits, such as the bags of the Local Supply and Production Committee (CLAP) and the December pernil never arrived, despite the fact that the deputy director announced that they had already been sent.
"It is quite sad and regrettable. In hospitals there are no medicines, but if corruption to celebrate in December, it is an amount that could save lives. The hospital is totally collapsed," said the union leader.
He affirmed that there is sufficient evidence to support these accusations and that they will file a complaint with the Attorney General's Office and the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic.
Zambrano said that both workers and the trade union movement could go to a strike, if necessary to improve the functioning of the University Hospital.
JANUARY 7, 2019 04:42 PM | UPDATED ON JANUARY 7, 2019 5:14 PM
Workers at the University Hospital of Caracas (HUC) asked on Monday that Fernando Alvarado, deputy director in charge of the health care center, be dismissed from office for his involvement in acts of corruption.
"The month of December approved a series of budgets that exceed 26 million bolivars, plus a treat of nine million exclusively for the board, which were not reflected," said Mauro Zambrano, union leader of hospitals and clinics in Caracas, exclusively for El Nacional Web.
He explained that other benefits, such as the bags of the Local Supply and Production Committee (CLAP) and the December pernil never arrived, despite the fact that the deputy director announced that they had already been sent.
"It is quite sad and regrettable. In hospitals there are no medicines, but if corruption to celebrate in December, it is an amount that could save lives. The hospital is totally collapsed," said the union leader.
He affirmed that there is sufficient evidence to support these accusations and that they will file a complaint with the Attorney General's Office and the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic.
Zambrano said that both workers and the trade union movement could go to a strike, if necessary to improve the functioning of the University Hospital.
http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/sociedad/mauro-zambrano-los-hospitales-hay-medicinas-pero-corrupcion_265500
In many instances, food and medicine for the patients arrives at the hospitals, and the "redder than reds" (who are hired to keep a watchful, Bolivarian eye on things) pilfer these shipments for their own use. Patients families resort to having to bring their own water to hospitals, as many haven't had running water in months.
