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An audit by the Comptroller General’s Office presented to Congress on August 31 found payments exceeding G. 50 billion to more than 11,000 deceased retirees at the IPS, alongside a G. 624 billion discrepancy in inventory, while public doctors continue mobilizing for better wages and working conditions.
ipscamilo-benitezvicente-batagliaParaguay’s Senate is investigating whether IPS requires beneficiaries, retirees and pensioners to open accounts at Ueno Bank to receive loans, following a complaint of a possible monopoly and the concentration of ₲5.1 trillion in state funds at the institution.
uenoipsrafael-filizzolaParaguay's IPS launched a nationwide online tool that allows beneficiaries to check real-time medicine availability at institution pharmacies.
ipsmi-ipsParaguay's Social Security Institute (IPS) is spending more to resume construction of surgical centers at the Central Hospital in Asunción after fraud, million-dollar contract amendments, and three-year delays in the contract with Neighpart S.A., while former managers are investigated for losses to the public treasury.
ipsneighpart-s-ahospital-centralvicente-batagliajorge-britezThe general private-sector minimum is Gs. 3,044,000 a month from 1 July 2026, but night work, day labour, part-time contracts, deductions and sector-specific scales change the calculation.
minimum-wageemploymentlabour-lawmtessipsParaguay does not have one single access route. MSPBS offers a universal public network, IPS serves insured contributors and beneficiaries, teaching hospitals add another public route, and private plans operate by contract.
healthcaremspbsipspublic-healthprivate-medicinePublic pressure for judicial effectiveness against corruption at IPS grows with the recent indictment of nine people, while experts and retirees warn about procedural delays and demand recovery of misappropriated funds.
ipsjorge-britezIPS began its restocking plan with the arrival of 124 medicines, which will reduce the shortage rate from 28% to 19% in the next 15 days and is expected to cover demand for two months.
ipsisaias-fretesParaguay's Public Prosecutor's Office has charged nine people, including two former presidents of the IPS, for an alleged embezzlement of 61 billion guaranis related to a never-completed modular operating room project, amid a crisis at the institution where the Comptroller General's Office points to much larger losses and beneficiaries demand broad investigations.
ipsjorge-britezrodrigo-estigarribiavicente-batagliaParaguay's Prosecutor's Office charged nine former IPS employees, including former presidents, for embezzlement of G. 61 billion in a contract for modular operating rooms never installed.
ipsjorge-britezvicente-batagliaParaguay's Public Ministry has requested the preventive detention of two former presidents of the Social Security Institute (IPS) and seven other former officials for an alleged diversion of 61 billion guaranis in unfinished works. In separate cases, former mayor Miguel Prieto will stand trial for a simulated purchase during the pandemic, and three people are accused of fraud against Mennonite settlers.
ipsvicente-batagliajorge-britezhospital-centralParaguay's Social Security Institute seeks to recover $711 million from private companies and proposes a trust as a solution, while facing budget pressure in healthcare, with most medication funds consumed by oncology drugs.
ipscarlos-pereiraisaias-fretesIPS plans to refinance short-term liabilities to free about 105 billion guaranis a month for medicines. The Economy Ministry and a Senate committee currently oppose bonds and emergency legislation, respectively.
ipsisaias-fretesThe crisis in Paraguay's public health system and social security institute IPS is forcing families to cover high out-of-pocket costs for medications and treatments, driving many into financial ruin.
ipsThe IPS (Instituto de Previsión Social), Paraguay's social security agency, announced a gradual restocking of over 180 medicines that had been unavailable nationwide, pledging to restore normal inventory levels within 15 days following the crisis that affected patients, especially those with cancer.
ipsUeno Bank, which is controlled by a former business partner of President Santiago Peña, held twice its net worth in public funds in June, a value that exceeds legal limits. Meanwhile, the Social Security Institute (IPS) has not fulfilled its promise to withdraw the deposits, and the bank is still settling a heavy debt inherited from the defunct Visión Banco.
uenoipssantiago-penaThe IPS, the largest holder of public funds in the Paraguayan banking system, is considering investing abroad after reaching its legal investment limit in the sector.
ipsmefuenoisaias-fretesThe IPS (Instituto de Previsión Social, Paraguay's social security institute) and pharmaceutical companies have established a working group to combat the severe medication shortage crisis that is forcing beneficiaries to pay for treatments out of their own pockets.
ipsisaias-fretesThe National Union of Retirees of Paraguay is pressuring Congress to approve a bill that would declare an emergency in the IPS health fund to release extraordinary funding and address the critical shortage of medicines.
ipsgustavo-canattaisaias-fretesSenator Lilian Samaniego defended the continued tenure of the IPS Board of Directors, while an internal audit contradicted the allegation of financial damage to Banco Atlas in the trust fund case.
ipslilian-samaniegoColorado Senator Carlos Liseras admitted to serious and long-standing failures at the IPS, attributing them to past administrations, but avoided commenting on the allegations of favoritism towards Banco Ueno, of which President Santiago Peña was a partner.
ipssantiago-penaIPS technicians and lawmakers are debating the issuance of bonds and the assignment of debt to resolve the financial crisis at the institution, which is facing a shortage of medicines and billion-dollar debts with pharmaceutical companies, while associations suggest using sovereign bonds to settle the government's debts.
ipscesar-ceriniThe IPS, Paraguay's social security institute, is facing a multifaceted crisis involving allegations of fund diversion to Ueno Bank, a chronic shortage of medicines, internal turmoil, and pressure from Congress, which is debating an emergency bill.
ipsuenogrupo-vazquez-saesantiago-penaA former IPS advisor accuses president Isaías Fretes of suffering political interference and failing to report irregularities, while the administration announces its first criminal complaint and attributes the crisis to an inherited administrative disorganization.
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