No 1037 Monday 19th - Sunday 25th August 2024
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REGIONAL GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF GIVING A W AY 1 1 2 M I L L I O N T O P R I V AT E H E A LT H F I R M S
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he Compromís deputy and spokesman for Health, Carles Esteve, has denounced that “one of the most devastating and paradigmatic aspects of Carlos Mazón's first year at the head of the Generalitat is having given the concessionaires of health management more than 112 million euro of public money in the form of various perks”. As Compromís explains, the main beneficiaries of these gifts from Mazón are Ribera Salud and Sanitas, which have managed or still manage health departments. The money, which should belong to all Valencians, includes the 15 million forgiven to Ribera Salut for not building the new health centres in Dénia and Calp, which was required by the concession contract. In the same department, we must add the CT scan in Dénia, worth 400,000 euro, which disappeared from the Hospital after the reversal, and the investment of 2 million that the Ministry made in radiological equipment. This
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