Anger of jujeño wounded in Bolivia: "They wanted me to pay $ 10,000"

San Salvador de Jujuy – Last Wednesday, Manuel Vilca, musician from the city of La Mendieta, arrived in the capital Jujuy. He crashed on December 8 in Oruro, Bolivia and had to be transferred to the country because of the
They wanted him to pay $ 10,000 to heal him.

"We play practically all year there, I even have my residence for two years, that is to say that I have the legal form in Bolivia", a- he declared.
THE NATION the young musician

The accident took place when a combi in which he was traveling with the musical group that incorporates, Ten Points, spilled around the town of Totora, leaving pulled by a window of the vehicle. The reason for the accident would have been the consumption of alcohol by the driver of the combi. Although no deaths were recorded in the episode, two other group members were injured.

He was then transferred to San Juan de Dios Hospital in Oruro, where he was operated on with a triple bill. He was interned for four days, which allowed him to go into debt. Only for medical reasons, they charged him 3500 dollars, amount paid in first instance by the singer and leader of the group, also injured.

From the Jujuy hospital bed, Vilca gets rid of his helplessness: "They took me to another hospital because the care was not so good that they were told that they had not taken the tomography, they had ignored that and they had not seen the fracture of the column. "

In order to try to continue his healing, he was transferred to Prosalud Hospital in Cochabamba, because in the previous one, there was not enough resources for treatment. They did a tomography, warning of a fracture that was causing constant pain. "When the doctor found this, he informed me that the surgery cost $ 4,600 in surgical instruments and hospital supplements," warned the young man. "What, if at the time I was working, rose to $ 10,000 for the services of a surgeon and four day hospitalization."

"Health in Bolivia is partially free, I have seen people there who are also hospitalized, who do not have resources, and other people have gone to give money to buy their health. drugs, "says Vilca. It is in this dramatic context that patients have to deal with anesthesia, badgesics, supplements, etc.

María Calisaya, mother of the boy, comments
THE NATION: "The Bolivian consul here (Nelson Guarachi) came out to tell lies, because I first went to the Bolivian consulate in Jujuy to spot me, but they closed the doors and told me : "No, he is Argentinian".

After the procedures to be carried out and in the absence of sufficient resources to continue medical care in Bolivia, Vilca arrived last Wednesday at the airport of Dr. Horacio Guzmán in the medical plane of the city of Cochabamba. He was received by the governor of Jujuy, Gerardo Morales,
who harshly criticized the government of Evo Morales for the lack of reciprocity in the agreement.

Vilca appreciates the help of the government of Jujuy: "They communicated with me, they told me that they would help me in everything, that they would do everything possible to me. move, and it was so ". The musician is stable, having studied and expected lumbar surgery, which will take place Monday.