Judges before doctors: Colombia's controversial health system When they diagnosed him with leukemia, Jhon Salamanca, was summoned before a judge before visiting the doctor. Cancer patient Maria del Rosario is still waiting for her turn in court before starting her life-saving treatment. In Colombia, passing before a medical judge for hundreds of suffering patients forms part of the paradoxical health system. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES//REFILE CORRECTING NAMES OF SOUNDBITES 3-4. SOUNDBITE 3 SHOULD READ: DENIS SILVA, SOUNDBITE 4: JAIME ARIAS//