Overview
- Monday's investigative inspections documented eight of the ten mobile medical modules stored in Lima and Piura as heavily corroded, with rusted stretchers, damaged ramps, separated doors and detached components.
- The modules were procured in late 2018, built in 2019 and delivered in 2020 to provide surge care; they were used temporarily during the COVID‑19 emergency and fell out of service progressively from 2022 because maintenance stopped.
- DIGERD director Julio Mijichich confirmed roughly 30 percent of the biomedical equipment assigned to the units could not be found and announced the ministry will pursue legal proceedings over custody failures.
- Only two modules remain operational, in Cusco and Nasca, reducing rapid-response capacity at a time when Minsa has issued epidemiological warnings related to the El Niño phenomenon and dengue risk.
- Experts say the loss reflects long-term failures in asset management and preventive maintenance for health infrastructure, and the pending commission report due November 12 should clarify responsibility and recovery options.