Jorge Brítez, former president of Paraguay’s Social Security Institute (IPS), chose not to testify to the Public Prosecutor’s Office about the failed installation of modular operating rooms at Central Hospital. The case concerns the management of funds and possible responsibility at an institution central to the country’s public healthcare system.
Jaime Joel Caballero Ruiz Díaz
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Former IPS president Vicente Bataglia received house arrest for irregular entry into the country, while another former president Jorge Brítez faces a second criminal case for elevator bidding and his lawyer alleges political persecution, and a third, Andrés Gubetich, returned to EBY with high salary and is investigated for fraud, amid a billion-dollar loss case at the institute.