Overview
- The government appointed Zulema Tomás Gonzales as president executive of EsSalud and she has issued a memorandum directing administrative locadores be cut to 25% of current levels.
- The directive targets administrative contractors only and explicitly excludes assistential contracted staff from the immediate reduction.
- Tomás reported a roughly S/4,500 million deficit and has ordered audits of hiring, procurement and equipment while reducing advisers from 15 to 5 to lower overhead.
- Unions paused a planned national strike after an agreement on a phased bonus payment, and the Contraloría will accompany the audits and reforms.
- EsSalud plans parallel service changes—24-hour family accompaniment, PADOMI reevaluation and repairs of inoperative tomographs—and will present verified financial and HR data to Congress on September 29, 2026, while legal, contractual and union processes proceed.