The angiography equipment at the IPS Central Hospital is out of service, delaying urgent catheterizations and prompting complaints from family members who fear preventable deaths. The social security institute has not informed when the system will be repaired.
Hospital Central
Hospital principal del Instituto de Previsión Social en Paraguay.
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPBS) rescheduled the publication of the internal job regularization exam scores to June 2, 2026, after receiving 3,910 complaints about the scoring. Only 55% of the appeals have been analyzed so far.
Mirtha Arias, the first woman to represent workers on the IPS Board of Directors in 80 years, took office with a promise to humanize medical care, speed up maternity payments, and protect hospital shelters.
The president of the Institute of Social Welfare (IPS), Isaías Fretes, revealed that two of the five machines in the Central Hospital's laundry have been broken for three years, forcing employees to carry water in buckets. The area also lacks running water due to an unfinished construction project. Fretes announced that he will resort to a leasing system to resolve the problem.
Mirtha Arias, a union leader with three decades of experience, has become the first woman to sit on the Board of Directors of the Institute of Social Welfare (IPS) in eight decades. She promises to prioritize the humanization of healthcare, speed up maternity leave payments, and protect the hospital's shelters.
On World Hypertension Day, health authorities emphasize the importance of early detection and control of blood pressure, a condition affecting 1.4 billion people worldwide and the leading preventable cause of premature death. The date also exposes challenges in the Paraguayan healthcare system, such as a case of negligence at the IPS Central Hospital.
Paraguay's Ministry of Justice has launched Operation Umbral 2.5, transferring female inmates to the Emboscada Women's Penitentiary Complex (Comple), in a coordinated action with CODENA and other security forces. The operation takes place under strict security measures and aims to reorganize the national prison system.