April 21, 2026 – 18:45
Following the leak of an audit that reconfirms a chain of systemic negligence in the death of Braulio Vázquez while waiting for a catheterization, the IPS issued a statement defending its actions. The pension denies having hidden the lapidary report and assures that there are already investigations underway.
Following the leak of an Internal Audit report that details and reconfirms a series of critical failures that led to the death of Braulio Vazquez On January 28, the Social Security Institute (IPS) issued an official statement, denying having hidden the document. They assure that they are underway “administrative summaries” and “action plans”.
While the document published yesterday by ABC exposes a chain of medical and administrative errors, first in the Ingavi Hospital and later in the Central Hospitalthe IPS statement focuses on defending the chronology of its internal bureaucracy.
According to the entity, the medical and forensic audit was requested by the IPS presidency itself, in charge of Jorge Britez on January 30, just two days after the communicator’s death. The report was completed on March 10 and, according to the IPS, was immediately elevated to the Board of Directors for analysis.
Death amidst summaries and “continuous improvement”
In the text, the pension stresses that the Board ordered compliance with the recommendations of the Internal Audit and the Health Superintendency which also carried out an audit, presenting its conclusions in the first week of March.
“These recommendations led to investigation procedures and the instruction of administrative summary“, reads part of the document that was issued this afternoon, without mentioning the names of those responsible or specific measures regarding the professionals involved in Vázquez’s care.
Likewise, they reported that on April 14, the action plans were returned to the areas involved for execution under a “continuous improvement process”.
Defense against accusations of concealment
One of the most emphatic points of the statement is the denial of secrecy. The IPS described it as “erroneous” to affirm that an attempt was made hide the report despite the fact that the document, which is dated March 3, was never presented to the corresponding authorities. The IPS argues that the fact of having requested the audit institutionally is proof of its “commitment to the objectivity and transparency”.
Public opinion and those close to the victim question that the details of the “error chain” have only become public through journalistic leaks, given the seriousness of the findings that cost the life of an insured.
What does the internal audit say that the IPS says it did not hide?
The confidential IPS audit report that was released yesterday by internal social security sources reconfirmed that the death of Braulio Vázquez was the product of critical failures ranging from erroneous triage, broken diagnostic equipment, lack of inputs which forced out-of-pocket expenses and absent duty doctors.
The report, of 86 pagescontains 31 observations in which not only medical malpractice is described, but also a state of administrative abandonment where broken equipment, lack of supplies and hierarchical apathy sentenced the patient.
