Overview
- Over the weekend the Sixth Office of the Specialized Anti‑Corruption Prosecutor carried out urgent diligences at EsSalud’s central offices in Jesús María to collect documents and files linked to the case.
- Investigators are focused on a draft decreto de urgencia that would have allowed direct contracting of roughly S/1,800 million for medicines and medical supplies without ordinary public tenders.
- EsSalud says no contracts, adjudications or disbursements were made, that the S/1,800 million figure is a technical annual estimate, that the proposal was evaluated and discarded, and that it has voluntarily handed over requested documentation.
- Media reports note recent exits in EsSalud’s senior management, including former general manager Mariano Cuentas Jara and Celestino Alejandro Martínez Flores, with Estela Yajaira Malaver Meza now acting in administrative charge.
- Prosecutors will analyze seized and provided records to determine whether drafting or promotion of the decree involved irregularities; the outcome could trigger criminal charges, administrative sanctions and wider scrutiny of emergency procurement in health care.