Overview
- EsSalud networks publicly acknowledged delays and pending prescriptions after a July 25 communiqué from the Sabogal network that pledged an immediate pharmacy regularization plan.
- Sabogal and Rebagliati say they have reestablished general stocks and are running priority in‑person dispensing to serve patients whose prescriptions date back months.
- Arequipa officials reported recovering roughly 80% of essential medicines after rapid purchases and some international sourcing, and they have opened probes into procurement and logistics failures.
- Patients needing radiotherapy in Arequipa continue to face long waits because the local linear accelerator has repeatedly failed and replacement procurement is adjudicating with earliest operation expected in 2027.
- Systemic causes include delays in the annual CEABE procurement cycle that forced networks into emergency direct buys and created competition for limited suppliers, leaving the exact number of affected patients and specific missing drugs unreported.