President Cristina Fernández has hit out at Argentines holding 4,040 accounts in a Swiss bank, affirming that the funds kept outside the country could be used to make great improvements in the local health structure.
The head of state took to Twitter in her first comment on the situation since the AFIP revenue agency revealed that the HSBC bank had been accused of tax evasion and illicit association, charges related to the discovery of the foreign accounts.
With that money, CFK said, the nation could «assure 70 years of treatment for the 42,000 HIV patients that the state provides with free medication,» as well as funding the entire national vaccine program for no less than 27 years.
Also in the health field, Cristina estimated that for the same amount «200 hospitals of 140 beds, equipped with the latest technology could be built, at a cost of 300 million pesos.»
On a more positive note, the president highlighted the effect on public health caused by the government’s extensive national vaccination program, that was expanded this year to include the rotavirus. According to Cristina, since 2012 «free and obligatory vaccinations against pneumonia have reduced by 47 percent hospital admissions for under-fives.»
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