22 involved in alleged theft of medicines from IMSS Sinaloa

Sinaloa.- An average of 22 workers of the Mexican Social Security Institute are in criminal proceedings for alleged theft of medications, said the delegate, Samuel Lizarraga.

The head of the IMSS in Sinaloa, specific that after the first investigation by the internal control body, last week, was given the mode of operation of those who took medicines from the institute, people who were working inside and at this time They are under investigation.

Thus, he stressed that the process will be progressing, that the criminal sanction will be terminated, but for the moment administrative measures such as the change of area were taken, this in regards to the fact that it was basic personnel and are backed by the collective contract of job.

Hospitals such as Regional Number one in Culiacán and three in Mazatlan top the list, so the delegate explained that there is still no knowledge of how much is the economic cost of what was stolen, but they were mostly medicines for muscle damage , and growth hormone, it was not a treatment for viral diseases or for cancer situations, which sometimes were expensive.

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