Corruption Kills Health in the State of Veracruz, Part One

I

"This construction site is one of the 183 inconclusive projects in Veracruz during the governments of Fidel Herrera Beltrán (2004-2010) and Javier Duarte (2010-2016), that sum up more than 2 thousand and 933 million pesos (165 million dollars), originally marked for the construction, rehabilitation, maintenance and expansion of health centers and hospitals. The federal resources reached the Administrative Secretary of Finances in the State, but were never delivered.

[...] To deviate the resources, they used a corruption scheme that included: ghost enterprises, simulated biddings, direct assignment of contracts and the disappearance of money through the Administrative Secretary of Finances in the State."

II

"For a health emergency, the indigenous community in Zontecomatlán must travel one hour or travel to another state, because in their community there is a hospital whose investments sum up close to 89.2 million pesos, but were abandoned ten years ago.

[...] In 2012, four years later after the construction site was abandoned, the Veracruz Health Office bidded 26.9 million pesos for the acquisition of medical equipment, administrative and special manufactured furniture, the bidding was won by Construcciones y Estudios Cuernavaca S.a. de C. V. whose registry and address are non-existent in the Public Registry of Commerce.

A year later, in 2013, 34.9 million pesos were invested to the construction of the fourth stage of the unit. None of these resources ever reached the municipality."

III

"In Soledad Atzompa, one of the most expensive health centers in the country will be built. Though austere, in the last years 138.6 million pesos have been invested, HALF OF IT, was deviated by the former governments of Javier Duarte and Fidel Herrera.

[This is beyond my belief] Around 2012, in the Javier Duarte's government, for the reactivation of the project, the community was demanded to the purchase the terrain, where 90% of the families in this municipality live in poverty. They all pitched in with 500 pesos each and after donating the terrain to the government, nothing happened, the construction work never started."

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