Corruption, a limiting element for the right to health in COVID-2019 pandemic.

  • Rosa Evelyn Chugá Quemac Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes
  • Bélgica Ibana Lara Mafla Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes
  • Carmen Marina Méndez Cabrita Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes
Keywords: Constitutional State, right to health, corruption

Abstract

Ecuador is a constitutional State of rights and justice, as established in the Constitution of the Republic in Art. 1, within the fundamental rights it guarantees us the right to health that has been violated from various perspectives in the midst of the pandemic of COVID-2019. The central objective of the presentation is to analyze the role of the State in guaranteeing this right to health personnel, what were its strengths and weaknesses. The research methodology is qualitative - quantitative, under documentary legal research with the hermeneutical interpretation of the consulted bibliography. The shortcomings of the health system were determined, as it is not a comprehensive system and the corrupt actions of its representatives.

Published
2021-06-01