Ginés González García, former Minister of Health of the Nation, died

Ginés González García, former Minister of Health of the Nation, died

Last Thursday, his prosecution in the case for the VIP vaccination It happened while he was an official in the government of Alberto Fernández.

The news was announced after his family published a farewell message on his Instagram accountwhere they express: “With great sadness today we say goodbye to a different manwhose life and legacy have marked a before and after in our lives. He was a son, brother, father, grandfather and friend. His passage through this world left a mark and an imprint that will continue to open paths in each of us.”

“His unwavering conviction for a more just world was a beacon and an example of integrity on an often arduous path,” they highlighted in the message.

“His ability to listen, understand and guide those around him made us all feel part of something bigger. He taught us that true leadership is based on service, empathy, collaboration and consensus,” he concludes.

Ginés’s political career

González García began, precisely, as Minister of Health, but of the Province of Buenos Aires, between 1988 and 1991. The provincial administration was under the command of Antonio Cafiero.

Later, he held the same position but at the national level, for the government of Eduardo Duhalde in 2002, and a year later it was ratified by Nestor Kirchner in said position.

During the presidency of Cristina Kirchner was ambassador in Chileoccupying from December 2007 until the end of 2015, when he assumed Mauricio Macri as president.

Finally, he returned to being a political protagonist in 2019when Alberto Fernandez he chose it so that became Minister of Health again. There he was in charge of the beginnings of the pandemic. Covid-19.

His processing by the VIP vaccination center had been confirmed

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 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.

Source: Ambito

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