A inter-institutional operation was held at noon on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, in a center of alternative therapies located in the neighborhood Caupicho, South of Quito. According to the authorities of the Municipality, there they were supposed to be commercialized fake vaccines to patients who contracted covid-19.
César Díaz, Secretary of Security and Governance of the Mayor’s Office, reported that they were collected witnesses of people who attended this one establishment. “There were 10 daily shifts offering cure coronavirus and also other health problems ” research it was verified that the owner of this center supplied 70,000 doses. He added that on this site USD 15 was charged for the supposed vaccine and each person was to receive three doses.
Cristian Parets, Deputy Superintendent of Pichincha, noted that the complaints were received a week ago. “A job was done intelligence by the municipalities. We have photos, videos and enough arguments to see the bad practice being carried out “.
When the operation began, the patients who were there were evicted. The center owner of alternative medicine, Lucía PeñafielHe stated that vaccines are not provided there, but vitamins and serums to boost people’s defenses.
Also treatments with laser beams and with light machines infrared. “I’ve treated about 20,000 coronavirus patients here.” He also gave them vitamin C, paracetamol i back for those with spinal pain.
In this place, users they did not use a mask and crowded as they waited their turn to be attended to. Peñafiel indicated that police, military and officials of the Presidency of the Republic, Those who were treated with infrared therapy. “We heat them up which works like we give them oxygen.”
Neighbors were upset when authorities arrived and asked not to closure the local. “I got sick of covid-19 and the doctor saved me. I believe that the Virgin protects him and us too because we are devout. People have arrived here in very poor condition, “he explained Angelica Massa.
“My 90 – year – old mother moved on with Vitamin C and with the hot bed treatment, that was the case for two months, ”he said Carmen Parra. Point out which 12 relatives had the same problem and Viteri cured them.
Isabel Bunshe and her husband José Chávez they also became ill. “My kids wanted to take my husband to the hospital and I didn’t want to. I took him to the center of alternative medicine and it’s okay, now he’s looking for a job to support us. ”
In today’s speech collaborated officials of the Metropolitan Control Agency, The Intendance of Police, the Secretariat of Security, the Corps of Metropolitan Agents, the Ministry of Health and the National Agency for Regulation, Control and Health Surveillance (Arcsa).
On its Twitter account, the AMC reported “we are closing 1 clandestine medical center where a ‘vaccine’ was offered for the covid-19 without any operation or permission from the competent authorities. A sanctioning process was initiated against the owners of this business. ”