The Federal Chamber confirmed the prosecution of the former Minister of Health, Ginés González García, within the framework of the investigation by the “VIP vaccination center“occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti ordered to deepen the responsibility of those people who were vaccinated in a privileged manner, among whom are eDeputy Eduardo Valdés and journalist Horacio Verbitsky.
“The vaccine was made available to a select group that, due to kinship or friendship, circumvented the schemes imposed on the entire general population,” establishes the court ruling. The appeals court also ordered a seizure of 20 million pesos for the former official.
The ruling for the VIP Vaccination Center
The judges announced the progress in the case this Thursday afternoon. The ruling thus confirmed the prosecutions of Ginés González García; Alejandro Salvador Costaundersecretary of health strategies of the Ministry of Health of the Ministry of Health of the Nation; Marcelo Ariel Guilleprivate secretary of González García; and Alberto Alejandro Maceiranational executive director of Posadas Hospital
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Verbitsky’s statements triggered the beginning of the investigation.
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On the other hand, María Elena Borda, head of preventive medicine at the Posadas Hospital was unprocessed In addition, the court ordered the reduction of the amounts of the seizures, which will now be 20 million for the former minister.
The VIP Vaccination was about application of vaccines against Covid-19 in the Ministry of Health of Argentina to citizens who, due to the parameters and limitations established in the vaccination protocol, were not entitled to be inoculated since they did not have priority. It was uncovered in February 2021 after some radio statements by Verbitsky.
“In this way, people who did not fit into any of the priority parameters received one or more doses of the scarce vaccine. Reserved for a few, according to criteria of usefulness and need, the vaccine was made available to a select group that, by kinship or friendship, he mocked the schemes imposed on the entire generality“, detailed the ruling.
The other responsible
In addition to officials such as Ginés González García, the court urged the judge Maria Eugenia Capuchetti to delve into the responsibility of “those who benefited from this spurious act.” It is worth remembering that numerous public figures, from the former governor of Buenos Aires Eduardo Duhalde and his family until Verbitsky, were vaccinated despite not complying with the parameters of the application protocol.
In that sense, the ruling stated: “We must entrust the a quo (judge) to assume the indicated mission, fully integrating the procedural scenario in order to eliminate the danger of her being exempt from punitive response to those who must face the consequences of having enjoyed illegal benefits.”
On the other hand, during the investigation the participation of the Posadas Hospital because the transfer and application of the doses were carried out using human and technical resources from said institution. “To make each of these illicit vaccinations possible, both human resources – hierarchical, medical and administrative personnel – and materials – transportation and supplies – were also made available to private interests. that increased the level of goods that lost their destination; from its egalitarian and public use, to its arbitrary and segregating enjoyment“, stated the ruling.
Source: Ambito
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