Santo Domingo. – Everyone talks about the financial crisis for which the National Health Insurance (Senasa)but few explain the causes of this problem. For Bernardo Matíasformer health manager of the institution, this situation originated because The State captured the entity; that is, he redirected his organization to respond to economic interests and politicians.
“In Senasa what has happened is what in political sociology is called the State’s capture. It was captured by the external sector and also for economic actors With interests in the health sector, ”said the Social Anthropologist, during an interview this Thursday in the El Acknowledgeable program.
Also assured that the Crisis in Senasa It is even deeper, since there are more contracts with characteristics that demand a investigation by the authorities.
In his opinion, the Special Prosecutor for Persecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) must investigate the Eva programon pap sour overvalued And no services will appear, which – they said – are a constant in the agreements signed by the institution.
He added that the contract for the Purchase of aging supplementsas well as the Osteosynthesis material servicesthat is to say the acquisition of prostheses for injured.
In addition, the Telemedicine contractto consult or monitor patients in a virtual way or via phone calls. In that sense, he denounced that Web page of the company in charge of offering the service It is not available.
Other agreements that, according to Bernardo Matías, must be subject to investigation, is the oriented to the Primary Carewith which the 42 percent of the capita of the subsidized regime to favor a private provider with the handling of half a million affiliates.
“For me, it is one of the most perverse that has been. The strategy should not be to strengthen the private sector, but the primary care units, allocating the investment to guarantee a greater universality,” he said.
Improve the structure
In the interview, the doctor also participated Altagracia Marcelinoformer director of Senasa and former Minister of Public Health, who urged the Government to correct the deficit that the institution has injecting all the required resources, especially in the subsidized regime.
The former official also warned about the disorganization that currently exists in the health sector, after ensuring that it is not working together.
