Overview

• Security footage shows a man entering around 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 as a woman acted as lookout, forcing a door and leaving about 15 minutes later with the equipment concealed in a bag.
• The refractometer is valued at roughly $10,000 and was the only unit at Hospital Honorio Delgado Espinoza, with no immediate replacement available.
• Hospital director Eloy Soto Gonzales filed a formal complaint at the Palacio Viejo station, and Divincri’s Robos unit is reviewing the videos, with no arrests reported.
• Staff report two similar thefts from the same ophthalmology area in 2021 and 2024, highlighting ongoing security vulnerabilities despite prior access restrictions.
• Clinicians warn that patients requiring vision measurements and pre‑surgical assessments will face service delays until the device is recovered or replaced.