One of the most modern intensive care (ICU) units of the country works on the fourth floor of the University hospital La Samaritaine (town of San Cristobal), the only health care center of third and fourth levels of the hospital network of the Departmentof Cundinamarca.
It has 10 beds and is equipped with the latest technology for the care of patients incritical condition. To the entrance, a plate says that started to operate in the 2007, inthe administration of the then Governor Pablo Ardila. (Read: choose well your EPS: get to know the best and the worst)
But modern medical teams operate as a particular service, however be at a public hospital. In addition, La Samaritaine patients have no right to use it, unless they pay the extra service.
Who profits from the exploitation of the modern ICU is a private entity: the IntegralFoundation for health and community education (Finsema), with headquarters in Bucaramanga, Santander, and Santander politician Luis Alberto Gil, who purged sevenyears in prison for 'parapolitics'-linked.
Finsema, appearing in roles with 4 million pesos in capital, has invoiced to date 45,700 million pesos for their services in the particular ICU.
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The Foundation managed to make to the juicy business after participating in a public call in which it was the only bidder.
After winning, he signed a strategic alliance with the hospital, which has its own UCIfor service to the public, although in a smaller space.
He contract, with term of execution of 10 years and renewable year after year, is lowit magnifying glass of the Comptroller departmental of Cundinamarca, that in themfirst research made finds of type fiscal, disciplinary and administrative, and not is discarded that others entities of control, as the Prosecutor, come to review the singularbusiness.
For the researchers of the Comptroller, in practice there was no such strategic alliance, but a loan which has just won Finsema.
Indeed, for 11 years, the Foundation has exploited the UCI, but at that time not expanded neonatal intensive care unit, one of its initial obligations, who then managedto change in their favor. (Read: old five hospitals in Bogota that are still standing)
So the researchers after rebuilding the contract, established it because the originaldocument was burned in circumstances that have still not been clarified.
"The UCI is a world apart, but have access to the infrastructure of a hospital of the highest level, with 84 years of history and prestige. Even for its billing process not hadto buy software, because they gave you at the hospital, along with the server and the technological assistance,"a hospital official said.
The period of execution of the contract will be fulfilled in less than a month, and that day Finsema will take the teams.
"Not a reversion clause was anticipated in the contract", he said at the time the controller of Cundinamarca, Ricardo López, who recently inspected the ICU with his research team. On the contrary, the contract warns that teams will continue to be the Foundation.
"Rule, after a strategic alliance, the public entity is left with the equipment and materials. "In this case, is van to carry until the sheets", said the source from the hospital.
In fact, the Samaritan only received 15 per cent of which Finsema raised by their ICUstay, i.e. the daily rate charged to the patient. By this concept, Foundation 13.516 million pesos and disbursed it to the medical centre just 2,270 million pesos.
And Finsema has a portfolio of 907 million with La Samaritaine. The new joint directive of the hospital already has a report in which listed them figures and more detailsof the contract, what led to his termination.
"Last year, the hospital threw a positive 26,000 million pesos. "Means that there aresufficient resources to mount the UCI that operates the private, but for their own patients", said one of the directors.
TIME established that address that records the Foundation is in a family home of Bucaramanga and when called to the phone refused to report where they are offices.
In this regard, the legal representative said that a spokesman of the Foundation was going to talk about the controversial contract, but at the close of this edition had not returned the call.
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