In the middle of a growing controversy that shakes the Argentine health system, the Government Nacional has decided to take drastic measures in the face of the suspicions of fraud in the single medical residences exam, held on July 1.
The controversy revolves around the alleged purchase of questions by some applicants, which would have altered the order of merit and generated a climate of distrust between health professionals and Government national.
In this context, the Ministry of Health, headed by Mario Lugones, initiated an internal audit, announced the presentation of a criminal complaint and pointed to the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) as responsible for the organization of the process at the Roca Park headquarters.
It all started with anonymous complaints that warned about irregularities in the entrance exam to medical residences. According to these complaints, some applicants would have accessed the exam questions before the official date, paying between 2,000 and $ 5,000 for the filtered material.
The statistical pattern of the results also lit the alarms: an unusually high number of scores greater than 90 was detected, especially among students from foreign universities that historically did not appear in the top of the ranking3.
The Ministry of Health received a formal letter from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA)in which the suspicions were detailed and an investigation was requested. From there, the Government He decided to suspend the order of current merit and summon a new exam for the 268 applicants that obtained between 86 and 100 points.
Immediate measures
The official response was overwhelming. Minister Lugones ordered that doctors with the highest scores must pay the exam again, this time in oral modality. In addition, they will be required to justify their academic career average, which will be compared to the result obtained in the residences exam.
This measure generated a strong reaction among the affected students, many of whom manifested in front of the Faculty of Medicine in rejection of what they consider an arbitrary and stigmatizing decision. The internal audit aims to determine whether the filtration of the questions originated within the own Ministry of Health. “The internal summary is to see if the filtration came out from here,” official sources said. In parallel, a criminal complaint is prepared that will be filed in the next few days, although the details of the file have not yet been revealed.
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