Source: La Tribuna

Because of the charges pressed against him and Dimesa, Schucry Kafie emphatically rejects any reference to himself and his company, Dimesa, and confirms his right to voluntarily and authorized by the court to demonstrate his adherence to the law.

Kafie heads a business group strongly committed to invest in the development of the country for over seven decades and rejects all the charges that were brought against him and Dimesa, one of the health care providers of the Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social (IHSS), whose contract was canceled unilaterally by the IHSS’s Board of Auditors.

In a statement issued by the company, “Dimesa’s contract entered into force in 2011 due to a competitive international bidding process, fulfilling all the requirements from the State. The contract lasted 84 months, equivalent to seven years,” however, “the Board of Auditors interrupted such in the 40th month after terminating it on January 31, 2015. From this date forward, DIMESA ceased providing services, despite an evident substantial increase of patient care services related to various medical needs within the IHSS, obtaining an annual increase of care for more than 50,000 additional annual patients,” the article stated.

According to Dimesa, “This contract cannot be valued as a simple quote for the cost of the equipment, but it was an integral service covering much more than just the provision of such.”

The article states, “In addition to the financing, maintenance and supply of parts, repairs, and accessories, it also included personnel training. Regard this, the equipment financed by the company went under a monthly preventive and remedial maintenance were parts were supplied as well as all the accessories needed in an unlimited fashion, until the termination of the contract.”

It was also required that, “The technical team that Dimesa offered a group of 85 health professionals specialized in biomedicine were offered, 70 of them were biomedical  equipment experts and 15 were biomedical equipment supervisors. As of today, the IHSS counts with the most modern biomedical equipment of all hospitals in the country.”

On the other hand, “The contract included 558 biomedical equipment, including MRI’s, CT scans, fluoroscopy X-rays, towers for neurosurgeries, mechanical ventilators, neonatal incubators, towers for endourology, and 190 radiation protection accessories.”

In addition, “We have documentation that support costs for both the equipment and services rendered.”

Finally, “Dimesa carried out an orderly transition of responsibilities with IHSS and ensured the full operation of the equipment and services.”