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On Monday, two investigative commissions of the Chamber of Deputies that reviewed pandemic related issues they voted their conclusions.
One of them was the instance related to the acts that could mean a unjustified reduction of death registrations virus product.
The 128-page text presented by Deputy Marisela Santibáñez (PC) established that the former Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich, would not have contemplated, in the delivery of data on the disease, the information released by the Civil Registry or the Department of Health Statistics and Information (DEIS).
Added to this, according to La Tercera, the document accused the Government, especially President Sebastián Piñera, Mañalich, Paula Daza and Arturo Zúñiga, of give wrong data and carry out an “erratic” communicational management.
“It is evident that the Government made several communication mistakes which expressed unclear messages to the public, also publicly polemicizing the recommendations of experts ”, they concluded.
“He erratic and reckless government communication management, particularly the President of the Republic and the former Minister of Health Jaime Mañalich constitute reprehensible acts since contributed to a greater distrust of citizens in the measures adopted by the authorities and that had an impact on the population by minimizing risks or signaling a lower fatality, generating higher risk behaviors in the population ”, they added.
Specifically on the controversy regarding an incorrect registration of deaths, the report concluded that Mañalich, Daza and Zúñiga “were not diligent in adopting the adequate measures to ensure the reportability of the data for the deaths due to covid-19 and, therefore, they did not fully comply with their obligations as authorities in charge of the epidemiological surveillance system, being the responsible for delivering erroneous information to the public, not adhering to the recommendations of the WHO, being that they had and had access to the registry of deaths due to covid-19 of the DEIS, an organization that uses the WHO criteria and international standards for the registration of diseases “.
Santibáñez, president of the commission, explained that Among the recommendations made is the redesign of the strategy to face the health crisis. In addition, the parliamentarian recognized a centralization in decision-making to face the pandemic.
This report was approved with the votes of Santibáñez, Maya Fernández (PS), Gastón Saavedra (PS), Alejandra Sepúlveda (FRVS), Marcela Hernando (PR), Miguel Crispi (RD) and Fernando Meza (IND).
The right voted united and against from the hand of Karin Luck (RN), Iván Norambuena (UDI), Gustavo Sanhueza (UDI), Leonidas Romero (RN) and Francisco Eguiguren (RN).
Riesco space
The other commission that voted on its report on Monday was the one that reviewed the Background related to the use of Espacio Riesco as a hospital center and that has had several milestones that have led to questioning the health authority.
The reports with conclusions drawn up by deputies from Chile Vamos and from the opposition. This last block prevailed by five votes against three.
The president of the commission, Congresswoman Carol Cariola (PC), explained that the change of use that was given to the event center was “irresponsible and arbitrary” and that, according to the conclusions, the use of beds at the San José Hospital generated greater complications.
In addition, direct contracts without bidding were questioned and for the same reason, added the parliamentarian, it is necessary that more summaries be initiated.
“Here, without a doubt, an even deeper investigation process must be carried out. We believe that it is necessary to issue a statement of legality in relation to contracts on the part of the Comptroller’s Office, but also that all the summaries that are necessary within the public institutions are instructed because they are resources of the State, “said the former student leader.
Now, Cariola and Santibáñez will be in charge of presenting the documents final before the Chamber of the Chamber, when this table the review of their respective conclusions.
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