Medical commission calls for ousting of Social Security Chief

The future of Guillermo Sáez-Llorens, head  of Panama’s Social Security Service (CSS) who has refused to step down after the KPC scandal, is looking bleaker.

Hot on the heels of a denunciation alleging his responsibility for deaths in the city’s biggest hospital  because of his failure to take action when informed of the bacteria problem that killed 16 patients, comes a call  from the Medical Commision, for the CSS Board to oust him.

Neither the Social Security staff, nor the public has confidence that patients being transferred Thursday August 11, to the December 24 Regional Hospital are not contaminated with KPC  said Fernando Castañeda leader of the National Negotiating Medical Commission (Comenenal).

He said on RPC Radio that  the fundamental problem of the CSS is credibility and the administrator should be removed from office by Board. 

Castañeda said that there was medical incapacity and mismanagement  not just with bacterium, but other administrative blunders.

 Comenenal  has delivered a letter to the Board requesting  the removal of Sáez-Llorens a Board of CSS for his failure in handling the administration.