César Vásquez dismisses resignation after defective serum deaths: He would if he had direct responsibility

Legislators are pushing for a motion of censure by the Minister of Health, César Vásquez, for the questioning against him in the wake of the deaths caused by the application of a physiological serum of the company Medifarma that was observed by the health sector.The document is authored by the parliamentarians Elias Varas (Together for Peru-Voces for the People) and Ruth Luque (People's Democratic Change), who are looking for the signatures to p…

César Vásquez denies responsibility for defective serum and dismisses the resignation of the MinsaThe Council of Ministers evaluated this afternoon the Emergency Decree (U.S.) which aims to allow the use of the non-defective physiological serum batches that were immobilized to the Medifarma laboratory. This, after reporting the death of at least four people to whom a defective physiological serum lot (with high sodium chloride load) was applied …

The Minister of Health, C sar V squez, assured that the batches of Medifarma serum that are immobilized in public hospitals have passed the Minsa security control.

Congressman Alejandro Soto, spokesman for Alliance for Progress (APP), spoke on the requests for questioning against the Minister of Health, César Vásquez, for the deaths of patients who received defective physiological serum. In statements to the press, Soto emphasized that the main responsibility lies with the private company Medifarma and the Sanna clinic, which did not alert in time about the problem. YOU CAN SEE: César Vásquez: "Minsa guara…

The Minister of Health, César Vásquez, ruled out his resignation after the death of four people in clinics of Libertad, Cusco and Lima due to the application of a batch of defective serum from Medifarma. The owner of the Minsa said he was aware of the requests for interpellation and censorship from Congress. However, he pointed out that the parliamentarians are “satisfied” by his presentation last Tuesday to the Health Commission. “The Congress …

Minister César Vásquez's future is in jeopardy after his unconvincing presentation to the Congressional Health Committee, which also included his failure to take responsibility for the MediFarma saline solution crisis, which has already claimed five lives. We analyze this case with Patricia Quispe, a journalist from Perú21.