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AFTER only 14 months on the job, Dr. Alfredo Martiz has resigned as director general of Panama’s problem laden Social Security Fund (CSS). He is the third director in as many years,

Thw former diplomat’s resignation becomes effective on September 1.

The decision was communicated by Martiz on Thursday, August 16, at the weekly meeting of the board of directors of the entity.

He is the third director of the CSS in the  four years of the Juan Carlos Varela administration Estivenson Girón was the  first following a Martinelli appointee facing corruption charges. He was followed by, Rubén López, and Martiz took over in April last year.

It is unknown who will replace him, reports La Prensa. Julio García Valarini is the assistant director.

Martiz leaves the entity in the middle of a crisis of shortage of medicines and supplies, and a week after CSS reported 21 deaths in the  neonatology intensive care  unit  of the Arnulfo Arias Madrid complex -11 more than the monthly average.