CSS probes suspected ethics violations

Just days after two senior officials of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) were removed from their positions due to a possible conflict of interest The Social Security Fund (CSS) announced that it has initiated an internal investigation to determine the possible commission of violations of ethics by officials of the institution.

According to the CSS, those under investigation were directors of a company that participated in an acquisition process in 2020.

The company linked to the officials received contracts for the supply of laboratory supplies, after presenting their offer to the entities as established by law. “The CSS warns that we would be facing a possible breach of the regulations established concerning the conflict of interest,” said a statement.

 The entity recalled that any public servant of the CSS who incurs breaches of ethics will be investigated, and the entity will take the corresponding sanctions against them.

Leonardo Labrador, who served as director of Epidemiology, and Ana Lorena Chang, former regional head of Public Health, are under investigation after it was detected that they are linked to a company that carried out swabs from travelers to the Pacific islands.