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OHL Executive Arrives in Costa Rica To Make Amends
OHL Executive Arrives in Costa Rica To Make Amends
Representatives of the Spanish
consortium, Obrascón
Huarte Laín (OHL)
- the company who built the Alajuela Hospital - arrived in Costa Rica
yesterday in an attempt to resolve the problems with the new hospital.
Francisco Marín, the international director for the company is scheduled
to meet today with Dr. Alberto Sáenz, president of the Caja Costarricense de
Seguro Social, in the hopes of company to some agreement.
Marín was met by reporters at the Juan Santamaria airport as he arrived
in Costa Rica and told that he is here to repair the damages in faulty
construction and equipment, but has no specific plan in mind. "We will
see tomorrow", Marín said.
Last week,
authorities at the Alajuela
Hospital were incensed at the
remarks made by executives of the OHL when it was
insinuated that the staff at the
hospital doesn't know how to use
the new equipment.
The kitchen equipment has
failed. The kitchen staff at the
hospital have had to resort to
the old pots and pans to prepare
the daily meals. The new rice
cooker was burning or
overcooking the rice, the soup
warmer boils instead.
These are just some of the
complaints of the staff at the
new hospital after the Caja
Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)
spend some us$40 million dollars
in a contract awarded to the
Spanish company to build it.
OHL executives fled the
country short after arriving,
fearing their detention, in a
press conference a week ago
insinuated that the hospital
staff have not been adequately
trained. The hospital director
vehemently defends the training
of his staff of 700.
Last Thursday, officials of the
Fiscalía de Delitos Económicos
raided the offices of OHL and
detained the managing director,
Hernaldo Lazo, who will be
sitting out the next three
months in jail after a court
dictated preventive measures
against him.
Israel Moya, a manager at the
CCSS was also given the same
preventive measures for his role
in what is suspected to be a
case of corruption.
President Pacheco has now
softened his stance on the hospital deficiencies after taking a hard
line attitude, saying that
he wouldl personally contact his
counterpart in Spain to discuss
the situation and remarks of how upset
he was that
after all the planning and
spending a huge amount of the
money, Costa Ricans didn't get
what they had bargained for.
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