Santo Domingo. – Despite the consequences of the alleged corruption plot which, according to the Public Ministry, operated in the National Health Insurance (Senasa)the social security expert Arismendi Diaz Santana stated that the entity remains sustainable thanks to the resource injection that it has received from the Executive Branch.
The coordinator of the Technical Commission created to reinforce the controls of the institution, it also guaranteed the viability of Senasa, due to the 6 billion pesos that received from the funds of the Occupational Risk Insurance, through a resolution of the National Social Security Council (CNSS).
According to Díaz Santana, these measures are of great importance to overcome the institutional crisis and financial crisis caused by irregularities in the past administration.
“What Senasa has right now is a reduction of technical reservesbut the operations continue to operate with a certain regularity,” the social security technician said this Tuesday, during an interview on the El Día program broadcast by Telesistema.
In addition, he stated that they are working to solve the delay in payments to the health providersa situation that also originated in the management of the doctor Santiago Hazimwho is serving an 18-month coercive measure in the Las Parras Prisonafter being identified by the Public Ministry as the leader of an alleged corruption network in the institution.
For Díaz Santana, Senasa is the backbone of the health systemsince it fulfills the function of administering the contributory and subsidized regimes, providing coverage to some 7.5 million Dominicanswhich represents 73% of the population.
“The fate of the Dominican affiliate depends largely on the efficiency, transparency and balance of the National Health Insurance,” he emphasized.
Commission functions
Among the objectives of the Technical Commission created after the institutional crisis is to approve and supervise any contract proposalprogram or investment that exceeds 5 million pesos.
“Any project that exceeds this amount must have the no objection of the technical commission“explained Díaz Santana, while indicating that this measure seeks to prevent repetitions corruption schemes such as those reported by the Attorney General’s Office, where a “parallel committee” approved irregular contracts, including alleged protein supplements that, according to investigations, constituted theft from public assets.
They are also part of the commission Pedro Ramirez SlaibeFederico Lalane José, Judge Alexis Read (once he concludes his duties in the Supreme Court of Justice) and Nora Elizabeth Sanchez Padillaformer coordinator of Citizen Participation.
