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[FACT CHECK] Secretary of Health Carlos Mellado: “You must remember that those hospitals are private.”
The DS is responsible for licensing, inspecting and supervising all hospitals, ensuring that their physical plant meets the safety standards required by Act 101 on Health Facilities and the Health Secretary’s Regulations for the Construction, Operation, Maintenance and Licensing of Hospitals in Puerto Rico.
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[FACT-CHECK] Ramón González Beiró: “We have a commitment to our fishermen and the resources will be at their disposal.”
By Ana Teresa Solá | July 14, 2022
The disbursement of the $11.4 million assigned after the passage of Hurricanes Irma and María has trickled in. In four years, Agriculture has disbursed only 4% to fishermen, or about $459,139, according to the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency’s website.
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Falsehood Behind the State Epidemiologist in Charge of the Response to the Coronavirus
By Angélica Serrano Román , Carla Minet | March 21, 2020
State Epidemiologist Carmen Deseda, responsible to advise and inform citizens on how to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Puerto Rico, has no formal academic training as an epidemiologist, but instead took a course that accredits her as an Epidemiology Officer, the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish) found. According to her curriculum vitae, Deseda […]
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