:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/DY23KTCUXJDBTDYZPMBNGVOSKI.jpg "Fernando Ruiz uncovered Gustavo Petro’s lie about the Antioquia hospital; Turns out he was from Venezuela: ‘Don’t let your advisors fool you’")
Friday, February 24 was a day when social networks became the scene of Gustavo Petropresident of Colombia, and Fernando Ruizformer Minister of Health in the last government, spoke about the health reform promoted by the executive in the Congress of the Republic.
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The two central themes of the discussion concerned the resources of the PES and the state of the health centers of the country. Regarding this last aspect, the President of the Republic shared on his Twitter account some images revealing the apparent precariousness in a hospital in the department of Antioquia.
“This is the state of hospitals in the excluded municipalities of Antioquia. But they want to convince us that we have the best system in the world. Let’s start by stopping deceiving people,” the president said.
The photos shared by the Head of State do not correspond to Antioquia hospitals, Rather, it is believed to be health centers in Venezuela, caught during a health crisis in 2018. Minutes after it was posted, the post was deleted from the president’s account.
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But that was for naught, as his opponents came out to refute the fake images. One of them was just Ferdinand Ruiz.
“President Gustavo Petro, don’t let your advisers deceive you. These are not Antioquia hospitals. It is the Vargas Hospital in Caracas where surely the reform of the Ministry of Health wants to take us. In Antioquia we have excellent public hospitals, some with deficiencies, but never anything like this,” said the government minister of Iván Duque.
Another who spoke out against him was Federico Gutiérrez, a former presidential candidate.
“The responsible thing is that you, as president, stop deceiving people. This hospital is not in Antioquia, nor anywhere in Colombia. It remains in Venezuela, a model that you admire and support so much. It is where he wants to take us. A jump into the void without a parachute,” assured another of his great political rivals.
However, the controversy began with a video in which the former official explained how the resources of the PES in the health reform presented by the national government.
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Today, according to Ruiz, the PES cover the resources of Colombians in the health system. “This is the level of financial protection that health reform wants to end.”
The Head of State used his social networks to respond to one of his biggest opponents of the health reform:
“Who told you that if an insured catches cancer, the payment is made by the EPS? The IPS invoices and the payment comes from the public or contributory health funds, which are also public. That the ex-minister does not misinform the population”, he wrote in his personal account.
The replica of Fernando Ruiz arrived for the same, there is specified that the PES pools funds and risks. “Use the resources of those who do not consume those who ask, make the actuarial adjustment of expenses and risk management. He’s an insurer. Protects families’ exposure to health risks. That is why they are effective,” were the words of the former minister.
The Head of State listed three “perversities” of the current health system. 1. Vertical integration and overpaid clinics of EPS owners. 2 underpaying public hospitals and going bankrupt 3. impoverishing health personnel, and worse, slowing patient treatments and reducing their quality, exposing millions of people to the risk of death.
His last trill against Ruiz was the most powerful:
“Then tell the truth. The money for the treatment of people’s illnesses does not come from the EPS but from people’s pockets, whether for paying taxes or for paying contributions. The EPS earn a commission to manage this money which is not theirs”.