Dokument #1226676
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The information that follows was provided
by a representative of the Department of Public Information of the
Federal Police in Buenos Aires during a 30 September 1998 telephone
interview.
The entire Federal Police force, from the
comisario general to the lowest ranking agent or officer,
is covered by medical and hospital insurance managed by the
Superintendencia de Bienestar of the Federal Police. The Direccion
General de Sanidad Policial, a branch of the Superintendencia de
Bienestar, is directly responsible for ensuring that medical
benefits are provided. This insurance, which is paid for by regular
monthly deductions from every salary, covers all hospital and
medical expenses of the policeman or policewoman, their spouse and
their children. This has been the case since the Federal Police was
established in 1947.
The Federal Police has a hospital complex
in the capital, the Churruca-Visca (named after two persons whose
donations made possible its construction), that serves all the
insured in the capital and cases that arrive from elsewhere in the
country. The Churruca-Visca is considered South America's best
police hospital, with leading-edge technology and specialists in
all medical fields, and particularly outstanding in various areas
of surgery.
Outside the capital, policemen and
policewomen, their spouses and their children can approach and be
served in any hospital. They are not required to make payments to
the hospital, and costs are not deducted from their salaries;
coverage is paid for by the police force's medical insurance plan.
Serious cases that require special attention are usually flown to
the Churruca-Visca hospital complex by an airplane or helicopter
(the latter for shorter distances) of the Federal Police.
Throughout the country, including the capital, there are designated
medical doctors who provide their services free of charge to those
covered by the Federal Police medical plan. The list of designated
doctors is revised every month, and revisions are published in the
monthly magazine of the Superintendencia de Bienestar, which is
distributed to all those served by the Superintendencia.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Departamento de Informacion Publica de
la Policia Federal, Buenos Aires. 30 September 1998. Telephone
interview with representative.
Additional Sources Consulted
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Reports. 1989-96.
Latinamerica Press [Lima].
1989-90.
Latin American Regional
Reports: Andean Group Report [London]. 1985-90.
Newspapers and periodicals pertaining to
the appropriate region.
Electronic sources: Internet, IRB
Databases, Global NewsBank, NEXIS, Refworld, WNC.
Note:
This list is not exhaustive. Country and
subject-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not
included.