Since 2018, the National Health Superintendency He has imposed sanctions for more than 8,767 million pesos to different health providers in La Guajira. More than 3 billion pesos must be paid for violations in cases of children with acute malnutrition.
Those sanctioned include EPS, IPS, ESE, the government of La Guajira and the mayors of Manaure, Riohacha, Uribia, Maicao, El Molino and Albania.
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Malnutrition of boys and girls
The sanctions are the result of the inspection and surveillance tasks and administrative investigations for alleged violations of the rights of users and breaches of the rules that govern the General System of Social Security in Health.
These sanctions are related to the provision of health services in matters of child malnutrition; protection of ethnic minorities, public health, health service provider network, health service authorizations and maternal mortality for more than 5 thousand 967 million pesos.
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The other sanctions are for the non-compliance or flow of resources and sustainability of the system, whose sanctioned value exceeds one thousand 508 million pesos and for the non-compliance in the reporting of information and instructions given for more than one thousand 291 million pesos.
With about eight sanctions, the Family Compensation Fund of La Guajira, Comfaguajira, is the one with the highest number of irregularities recorded within the list, for which it must pay the sum of $2,945,459,420.
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Of these sanctions, more than 3 billion pesos correspond to violations evidenced in cases of children with acute malnutritiondue to obvious failures in the provision of health services and the omission in the follow-up of cases of minors.
The information is part of the response sent by Supersalud to Judge José Fernando Reyes Cuartas regarding the request made by the Constitutional Court in follow-up to Judgment T-302 of 2017, which declared the state of affairs unconstitutional and ordered the State to protect Wayú boys and girls from Manaure, Uribia, Maicao and Riohacha.
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In La Guajira, some 15 entities that provide health services have been sanctioned with issues related to acute malnutrition.
The largest amounts are for the Cauca Indigenous Association, for $1,249,987,200, EPS Anas Wayú for $661,063,602 and the IPSI Outtajiapulee with $227,131,500. Also, Comfaguajira was sanctioned with $173,904,360, for non-compliance with the instructions of the Supersalud and in the information report.
Other entities that have failed in nutrition issues
In addition, in a special audit visit, 24 cases of acute malnutrition were found, lack of knowledge of the comprehensive care route for malnutrition and non-compliance with the audit schedule. As well as the Ministry of Health of Maicao for $63,596,820, for not guaranteeing compliance with the technical guidelines for the implementation of comprehensive care for children under five years of age with acute malnutrition.
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The other entities that have failed in nutrition issues are: the EPS Salud Total, Saludvida; the IPS Salucoop Costa Atlántica and Sol Wayu; the Manaure and Riohacha hospitals; the Renacer Intensive Care Unit, Association of Councils and/or Traditional Authorities of La Guajira and Medical Society Ltda.
Likewise, the Supersalud is carrying out 32 investigations in progress in the department of La Guajira, of which 17 are related to the provision of health services, 2 for non-compliance in the flow of resources and sustainability of the health system and 13 for non-compliance in the reporting of information and instructions given.
Eliana Mejia Ospino
Special for TIME
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