Gerardo Morales showed the tickets of the Argentine interned in Bolivia: they made him pay the toilet paper – 02/02/2019

The controversy over medical expenses of Jujuy Manuel Vilca in Bolivia continues and adds unexpected details. Now Jujuy governor Gerardo Morales has published the vouchers of what they accused the musician during his hospitalization, in which he states that He even had to pay for the toilet paper that he was using.

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In the tickets you can see the full list of expenses that Vilca had to deal with: besides the toilet paper, it was charged for thermometer, for a bag of shampoo, by the serum, by the syringes which have been used for a comb, for a soap 90 grams, saline, bandage, gauze, drug, x-ray, and HIV test.

For this reason, Morales sent a letter to the Minister of Health of Bolivia, Gabriela Montaño Viaña, requesting a refund of Vilca and stressed the concept of reciprocity.

In total, these expenses amount to 22 thousand Bolivian pesos (more than 3 thousand dollars) that the Argentinean traveler paid to the public hospital of Oruro and 7 thousand dollars that they asked at CBBA II Clinic in Cochabamba. That – explains the head of Cambiemos – without imputation $ 2,152 filed by the Jujuy government to obtain a medical discharge and repatriate him.

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"It is not up to us to intervene in the internal affairs of your country, nor in the management of the health system, but I tell you that in my province has never been denied to a person, whether national or foreign, correct and free health care in all hospitals that integrate the health network, because life in our country is a right that ignores everything about politics, because you intend to convert that issue, "wrote Morales.

The controversy over the case began a few days ago when the governor of Jujuy made the episode known by an open letter to Evo Morales.

"Manuel was hospitalized for five days in a public hospital in Oruro and charged 22,000 Bolivian pesos, which, at the December change, amounted to 121,312 Argentine pesos. a clinic in Cochabamba, where he and his family and friends had to pay the sum of US $ 7,000.To continue the treatment and operation, they intended to make him pay 10 $ 000 more, "he said via his Facebook profile.

The lapidary missive closed with a phrase of the same tone. "Thanks for nothing, President"he wrote.

The answer was quick to arrive. "It would have been great if we had coordinated the institutions, we could have coordinated with the consulate, with the committee of external relations. beyond political recipes, it was simply a matter of coordinating the case and quickly finding a solution", crossed the Bolivian consul Nelson Garachi Mamani.

Morales has cataloged it hypocritical. Vilca also spoke to the victim, who explained that she had not accused him of being Argentinian. "They charge everyone, including BoliviansHe said and maintained that despite the high prices, the facilities were precarious.

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After the support that he received from the national government (who has the matter in the file), Morales went further and showed, ticket by ticket, all that was billed at the Argentine boarding school, ambulance transportation for example.

In his letter, Morales transmits the ball to the government of Evo when he asks for his reinstatement. For the governor of Jujuy, "reimbursement of health expenses would show the primary will of his country, wanting finalize a reciprocal health agreement, a goal that must be taken into account by both parties and must be concretized urgently through a health cooperation agreement in the Chancery, national agency in the expectation of a response from his government. "