05/05/2021 20:14
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 05/05/2021 20:14
After the scandal around the coronavirus tests at the Ezeiza airport managed by a company with no prior clinical studies, Airports Argentina 2000 confirmed that as of May 15,
Stamboulian Health Services
will take care of the swabs.
Last week it became known after a journalistic investigation that the owners of the company
Labpax
- which was in charge of the swabs - are two monotributistas who are registered in the
lowest category
.
Those who touch Argentine soil must perform a quick swab that has
a value of $ 2,500
.
The calculation is that the company, which a few months ago did not exist, generated at least
five million pesos per day
.
Given the enormous irregularities from Airports Argentina 2000 they
decided to initiate an audit
to investigate in depth what happened.
In the middle, the company announced this Wednesday that Stamboulian Health Services will be the medical entity in
charge of replacing the suspected laboratory.
"Since Thursday, April 29, the swab service at airports is being monitored by different agencies to guarantee the quality of the procedures and thus bring peace of mind to passengers and
public opinion,
" the official statement begins.
"Stamboulian Health Services has been carrying out a general analysis of the operation to understand its size, and is working on the transition in order to ensure the continuity of the service for passengers and comply with the regulations established by the National Government," he continues.
And it closes: "For all passengers arriving at Ezeiza Airport,
the same prices
that were previously paid
will be maintained
."
During this morning the Justice carried out at least four raids simultaneously related to the irregularities reported about the company in charge of carrying out the covid-19 diagnostic swabs.
At the same time, as
Clarín
learned
, two other operations were carried out at a Sanity Care Group headquarters, a company that has been in charge of medical care at the Ezeiza airport for years;
and the Fundación Educativa San Lázaro, a non-profit organization controlled by AA2000.
The operations were ordered by the Federal Court number 2 of Lomas de Zamora, in charge of Luis Armella.
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