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Governor Werner Salcedo ratifies that on July 16, the white march will begin, a controlled and gradual test phase for its operationMore than an infrastructure achievement, the completion and commissioning of the Antonio Lorena Hospital represents an act of social justice for more than 500,000 inhabitants of Cusco and neighboring regions. Thanks to the firm political decision and management capacity of the regional governor, Werner Salcedo Alvarez, the technical, administrative and budgetary obstacles inherited from past administrations were unblocked and with the start of the white march scheduled for next July 16, the current administration not only delivers a modern and equipped work, but also returns dignity, hope and quality medical care to those who need it most, closing a painful period of oblivion.
It should be noted that the white march in a hospital project is a controlled and gradual testing phase. It verifies the operation of the infrastructure, medical equipment and computer systems in a real environment, but without full patient load, which will allow protocols to be adjusted and incidents corrected.
The Cusco authority recalled that since 2023, the current administration took on the enormous challenge of unblocking a project that was in a critical situation and had to take charge of receiving waste and equipment that the previous construction company left rusting, in addition to an infrastructure that did not meet the minimum safety requirements.
If we did not assume these commitments, the work would be completely paralyzed and we would face an imminent termination of the contract, emphasized the Cusco authority.
At the budget level, Salcedo Alvarez detailed the titanic work that it meant knocking on the doors of the national Executive in the face of the helplessness of seeing accumulated debts of up to 7 months with the construction company. Faced with the contractors demands for more than 30 million soles in interest, the firmness of the regional government and the National Health Investment Program (PRONIS) achieved that only 5 million were recognized.
Likewise, the main authority of the region highlighted the strategy articulated with the Ministry of Health and the other ministries to create a common pool with the unexecuted budget balances for the years 2024 and 2025, managing to transfer 150 million soles to the work. This was added to a historic allocation of 200 million soles from the contingency fund of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, achieved thanks to direct awareness raising with the Presidency of the Republic.
Likewise, he regretted that there are groups dedicated to the culture of what do you say to oppose me, who tried to transfer absolute responsibility for the delays to the Regional Government. Today what we have is the joy of having reached a consensus with all the actors. In the face of political noise, we respond with management, stressed Salcedo Alvarez.
He assured that the Antonio Lorena Hospital will not only be a completed infrastructure, but will have its full equipment and a guaranteed budget for the hiring of essential personnel, including doctors, nurses, technicians, cleaning and security personnel.
