{"id":171968,"date":"2025-08-01T09:22:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/sin-categoria\/nicaragua-medical-clinics-shut-down-leaving-thousands-without-care\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T01:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:38:13","slug":"nicaragua-medical-clinics-shut-down-leaving-thousands-without-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/en\/english\/nicaragua-medical-clinics-shut-down-leaving-thousands-without-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicaragua: Medical Clinics Shut Down, Leaving Thousands Without Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The sudden closure of the clinics operated by Asistencia M\u00e9dica de Occidente, S.A. (Amocsa), in the cities of Leon, Chinandega, and Corinto, has left thousands of patients in that part of the country in limbo. Testimonies gathered by <strong>CONFIDENCIAL<\/strong> show that those affected don\u2019t know what will happen to their prescribed medications or their medical records. <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI need to recover my baby\u2019s medical file. They told us that her records would start from scratch, and that\u2019s just not possible,\u201d said <em>Margarita<\/em>, a single mother who purchased a health insurance policy to ensure her daughter could receive specialized care. Another citizen, who asked to be identified as <em>Andrea<\/em>, recounted that she was accompanying a relative who was seeking medical attention when the doctors received the order to abandon their patients and hand over medical records. <\/p>\n\n<p>Stories like these were repeated by the hundreds in the affected cities. According to data in the <a href=\"https:\/\/inss-princ.inss.gob.ni\/estadisticas-38\/494-anuario-estadistico-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 Statistical Yearbook<\/a> (the most recent available online) from Nicaragua\u2019s Social Security Institute (INSS), Amocsa served over 46,000 patients in both Leon and Chinandega. <\/p>\n\n<p>Founded in the mid-1990s, Amocsa had become the leading private medical provider in the country\u2019s western region. The 2023 Yearbook data shows that it handled 40.7% of INSS-insured patients in Leon. Its dominance was even greater in Chinandega, where it served 61.6% of contributors. Across the western region, Amocsa attended to 49.6% of insured patients receiving care from private providers. <em>Margarita<\/em> and <em>Andrea<\/em> were among them.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Amocsa clinics in Leon and Chinandega closed abruptly without providing any explanation to their workers or clients. Local media reported that it may have been a government seizure, but no reason has been made public.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-que-pasara-con-la-bebe-de-margarita\"><strong>What will hapen to <\/strong><strong><em>Margarita&#8217;s baby<\/em><\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p><em>Margarita<\/em> is a single mother who says she obtained insurance with Amocsa with one goal in mind: to secure specialized medical care for her baby. Normally, she might have only sought medical advice for herself for minor ailments, but that wasn\u2019t enough for her daughter, who had been diagnosed with behavioral issues and a sleep disorder. <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWhen<a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/nacion\/destierran-a-estados-unidos-al-presidente-de-la-fundacion-teleton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> the government closed down Telet\u00f3n<\/a> [in March 2025], it cut off our access to therapies that are far too expensive. No one cares about the health or therapy needs of children with special needs,\u201d she said. Her daughter requires several types of medications \u201cthat help with her condition, as she also has a special diet,\u201d she added.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The lack of access to doctors, therapies, and free medication\u2014combined with financial struggles that caused her to miss some insurance payments\u2014meant her daughter went without therapy for several months. Her anxiety grew even more because \u201cwith the closure of Amocsa, their agreements with specialists are canceled, and now they\u2019re telling us to request appointments at the hospital, even though it\u2019s likely they won\u2019t be available until next year,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n\n<p><em>Margarita<\/em> also worries about what will happen to her daughter\u2019s medical records. The file, built over \u201cyears of expenses,\u201d is essential for any new doctor to understand her daughter\u2019s diagnosis and continue prescribing the necessary medications. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-la-orden-fue-fuera-todos\"><strong>The Order Was: Everyone Out!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p><em>Andrea<\/em> experienced the Amocsa closure in Chinandega firsthand. She told <strong>CONFIDENCIAL<\/strong> that she was with a relative who was receiving care when, suddenly, doctors were ordered to stop all treatments. <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThey came and told us we had to leave the clinic because it had been shut down,\u201d she recalled. Her relative was handed a discharge summary and told to go to the hospital. Even though the patient needed an injection for pain, staff refused to administer it because of the directive they had received. Andrea said the doctors wanted to help but were powerless as they were ordered to surrender patient records.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Since nurses were not allowed to enter, the doctors themselves had to begin <em>decannulation<\/em> of patients\u2014removing the permanent IV lines used to avoid repeated injections. \u201cMany parents had to carry their children out while they were still <em>cannulated<\/em>,\u201d <em>Andrea<\/em> noted.  <\/p>\n\n<p>While she was helping her relative leave, she saw a young woman diagnosed with a threatened miscarriage who was in severe pain. She too was told to go to a hospital. The shutdown happened so suddenly that even patients who already had prescribed medications were denied treatment, Andrea added.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Another act of callousness occurred when the clinic was being shut down. <em>Andrea<\/em> said she saw people she identified as \u201cgovernment officials\u201d sealing off clinic areas. One of them yelled at several patients that if they needed urgent care, they should go to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n<p>They didn\u2019t care that people were complaining of pain, dizziness, or simply suffering from age-related ailments. They weren\u2019t there to listen, says Andrea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sudden closure of the clinics operated by Asistencia M\u00e9dica de Occidente, S.A. (Amocsa), in the cities of Leon, Chinandega, and Corinto, has left thousands of patients in that part of the country in limbo. 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