DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) has confirmed to N Digital that it transferred free medications and vaccines to the National Health Insurance (Senasa) that were subsequently reported by that institution as million-dollar purchases.

The President says he submitted the case to the Attorney General and is expecting the results of the prosecution inquiries and investigations.

A high-level source within the Ministry of Public Health has validated the information, explaining that the supplies were distributed at no cost through the Expanded Programme on Immunization (PAI). The PAI acquires vaccines and medicines at low prices through the revolving fund of the Pan American Health Organization (OPS).

The confirmation follows an exposé by journalist Edith Febles on the TV program El Día, which first revealed the alleged fraud, calling it a scam of “unsuspected proportions.”

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