{"id":5349,"date":"2026-02-26T19:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/?post_type=derechos&#038;p=5349"},"modified":"2026-02-26T19:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:41:51","slug":"what-do-i-do-if-an-eps-or-ips-denies-or-delays-appointments-for-medication-or-procedures-without-justification","status":"publish","type":"derechos","link":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/rights\/what-do-i-do-if-an-eps-or-ips-denies-or-delays-appointments-for-medication-or-procedures-without-justification\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I do if an EPS or IPS denies or delays appointments, medicines or procedures without justification?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He asks for the refusal to be put in writing and files a right of petition requesting:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concrete reason. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The standard or criterion they invoke. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The escalation route (committees, audits or responsible body) (Law 1755 of 2015). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this right of petition you can ask for immediate measures such as a priority appointment, delivery of medication, continuity of treatment, and management of pain or complications, with a date and time, and with the indication that it is an urgent case.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","grupo-derecho":[171],"categoria-derecho":[136],"class_list":["post-5349","derechos","type-derechos","status-publish","hentry","grupo-derecho-negacion-salud","categoria-derecho-salud-lgbt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/derechos\/5349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/derechos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/derechos"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"grupo-derecho","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grupo-derecho?post=5349"},{"taxonomy":"categoria-derecho","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria-derecho?post=5349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}