12 workers are arrested and fired as director of the IVSS in San Cristóbal

Twelve stopped He left an audit conducted by a joint commission at the hospital, Dr. Sponsorship of Peñuela Ruiz of the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security (IVSS) in San Cristóbal, Táchira State.

In the proceedings which took place from Tuesday 12 to Wednesday 13 February, the former Director of the Health centerHubert Zambrano.

On Monday, February 11, Alberto González took office after the dismissal of Zambrano. The following two days, the jury conducted an audit in which they would have been detected irregularities in the handling of medicines in the pharmacy and the central repository of Peñuela Ruíz.

After the inspection, Zambrano was arrested, the head of the department of pharmacy, a pharmacy assistant, the hospital security chief, militia officers and merchants at some kiosks near the health center assigned to the IVSS.

The workers have been detained since yesterday in the Regional Command No. 1 of San Cristóbal and it is expected that this Friday, February 15 the presentation hearing is held.

The workers' lawyers stated that they had not been able to access them and that they did not know the reasons for the refusal. detention, as well as the crimes attributed to them.

They also stated that the joint commission that conducted the verification in the Hospital Peñuela Ruiz It was composed of members of Bolivarian National Guard, special forces of action (FAES) and the Body of scientific, criminal and criminal investigations.

Freddy Bernal, announced via Twitter the dismissal of Zambrano and said that at the time of the audit, they had been seized pharmaceuticals antineoplastic treat about 400 patients with Cancer, He published Cocuyo Effect.

Three people arrested for reselling drugs

After the dismissal of the director of the hospital Dr. Patrocinio Peñuela Ruiz from the Venezuelan Social Security Institute (IVSS) of San Cristóbal and the seizure of drugs for people with cancer, three people were stopped and resold near the center. assistance

Journalist Maryelin Villanueva said on her official Twitter account that three people were being held for reselling drugs in the vicinity of the IVSS. The owners of the kiosks that make life around the place had to give their keys to GNB troops. They do not know what will happen in their stores, "comments The nation.

On Wednesday, the national link in the region, Freddy Bernal, reported through his social network the seizure of a significant amount of drugs for cancer patients worth $ 113,980.

According to Bernal, the supplies were hidden for the people, "a doctor who hides a medicine to the people is a criminal and must pay with all the weight of the law," he said.