He Almenara Hospitalbelonging to the borrowing network of the same name as EsSaludIt is in emergency. According to a report by the Comptroller General of the Republic of January 29, 2025 which he accessed Peru21they invested more than 41,000 soles in the maintenance of a team from their emergency department and this does not work.
The Official Orientation Report No. 1889-2025.CG/HEALTH-SOO, concludes that the magnetic resonance team SIGNA HDX1.5T “is in the inoperative state, a situation that It generates the risk of affecting the quality and opportunity in the care of patients who require image diagnosis. ”
Worse, the entity indicates that on November 22, 2024, that is, less than three months ago, a maintenance work order for this team was executed for the sum of S/41,202. At the end of the work, it was recorded as the final state of the “good operational” apparatus.
In another maintenance order issued on December 13 but that did not have responsible signatures or that of the maintenance leaderit was indicated that the team “does not allow studies to patients and, according to the visual inspection of the pectoral antenna, this presents deterioration.”
In the document, a specialized review was requested to diagnose the failure of the equipment, consigning as the final state of the ‘inoperative to repair’ ”. Fourteen days later, the company Ge Healthcare of Peru SAC was hired to deliver three components at the cost of S/3,894, to later do the respective test.
The Comptroller points out that on January 23, 2025, a selection procedure call was published to acquire a spare for the magnetic resonator. However, they say, “To date the team is inoperative.”
Other deficiencies
During the visit to the Almenara hospital, the Comptroller also detected that Family members or companions of the pediatric patients interned in the observation room of the emergency department, choose to sleep on the ground or for accommodating in the same cradle of the patient due to the “infrastructure and equipment limitations for joint accommodation.”
The supervisory entity stated in its report, signed by Dante Aragón Yorges Ávalos, interim deputy manager of control of the health sector, which “EsSalud has a guide to the assured care, which indicates in the emergency service, pediatric emergency, such as one of The recommendations recorded, that at all times the relative responsible for the child must be accompanied and not lose sight of it ”.
On the other hand, he also found infrastructure with damage to floors, ceilings, doors and walls That “of not receiving corrective and preventive maintenance, they generate the risk that continues to deteriorate, affecting the quality, safety and biosafety of the provision of health services.”
The edges of an elevator of the first level of the emergency department were deteriorated and doors were identified with damaged protectors in the ultrasound, X -rays and tomography environments. It was also observed “signs of wetting on walls and the presence of mold” in tiles.
Likewise, the Comptroller warned that The emergency electrical system, constituted by the generator set and electrical boards that give fluid of the electric current in case of an accident, system failure or natural disaster, “does not guarantee the optimal conditions for the supply o Electric power supply, because access to these electromagnetic devices is found with restrictions ”, since there are wooden tables, disuse medical furniture and even cars impeding the passage.
Finally, they concluded that the time of interconsultation care requested “is greater than that established in the current norm, generating the risk of patient’s health affectation due to inopportancy in their care.”
EsSalud responds
In this regard, the Almenara of Essalud’s borrowing network referred to Peru21 A statement in which they implement “constantly actions of continuous improvement to guarantee the safety and quality of the care of our insured.”
Indicates that The magnetic resonance team “is operational”that the coordination mechanisms “have been” reinforced to reduce waiting times and that “maintenance work in the hospital infrastructure is being executed.”
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