Bomb goes off at Colombia’s formerly biggest health intermediary
A bomb went off early Wednesday morning at the main office in Bogota of SaludCoop, a health intermediary that is being liquidated after gross mismanagement and fraud.
A bomb went off early Wednesday morning at the main office in Bogota of SaludCoop, a health intermediary that is being liquidated after gross mismanagement and fraud.
Colombia’s health minister on Monday admitted that the country’s healthcare system has a deficit of $1.6 billion (COP5.3 trillion), caused mainly by mismanagement and embezzlement practices in healthcare intermediaries.
The governor of Choco, Colombia’s Pacific department where two thirds of the population live in poverty, will be charged for embezzlement after allegedly stealing $1.5 million in health funds.
Colombia’s Health Ministry seeks to allow for the manufacture and sale of medical marijuana products in Colombia, local media reported Wednesday.
An eight-year-old boy defeated one of Colombia’s largest healthcare providers, achieving a court order that obligates his mother’s health intermediary to secure treatment for a tumor discovered earlier this year.
A total of 85 children with cancer and other hematological illnesses in northeastern Colombia have been left without medical service after health insurance provider, Saludcoop, has failed to pay nearly $650 thousand…
In a list of the best private hospitals and clinics in Latin America published by newspaper America Economia, Colombia has rated highly with four out of the top ten best…
Colombia’s Congress has postponed measures of a long-anticipated reform of the country’s ailing healthcare sector, an opponent of a pending reform proposal said Thursday.
Colombia’s Constitutional Court green-lighted a bill regarding key health reforms declaring that access to healthcare was a “fundamental human right,” Colombian media reported on Thursday.