Tiempo* is reporting that the house of Mario Palencia has been seized. Authorities representing the Public Prosecutor, the office of Seizures (OABI), and FUSINA (National inter-Institutional Security Force), have gone to the property of Mario Roberto Zelaya Palencia, the father of Mario Zelaya the ex-director of IHSS (The Honduran Institute for Social Security). The property […]
More evidence has been found to back claims of the misappropriation of public funds that recently crippled the Honduras health care system (Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social – IHSS). The devastation of this scandal has hit the nation at its core, hurting those in this country who are most in need. The Unit of Investigation […]
Honduran soldiers are taking over public hospitals and medicine storage warehouses to guarantee the supply of drugs to patients after a recent fraud and graft scandal rocked the Social Security Institute. Honduran armed forces seized public hospitals and warehouses that stored medicine on Wednesday after a recent corruption scandal involving the country’s “IHSS” (Health and […]
The Honduran Institute of Social Security, (IHSS) is going digital. The modernization is at last taking place, easing frustrations for employers and employees, doctors, patients, and accountants alike. Data entry will begin in March, with 600,000 affiliates’ medical information needing input. Authorities anticipate the database to be fully available in October or November; the capital […]
A state-of-the-art laboratory with modern technology opened yesterday at the Social Security Institute, (IHSS), following the investment of 12 million dollars in infrastructure, equipment and purchasing. Equipment enabling persons to perform advanced studies in less time, is directly benefiting the thousands of patients receiving medical care in this hospital. The laboratory has a complete computer […]