Children’s health defense. Massive Garrahan Assembly adds to the struggle of residents: Not with our children!

This week the open conflict came to light at the Garrahan hospital since the residents who depend on the nation made 3 days of unemployment. This conflict aroused the anger from the entire hospital and while The residents began this week with an indeterminate unemploymentthis Tuesday a massive general assembly of doctors of the plant, nurses, administrative, technicians and other areas of the hospital in solidarity with them, for salary and in defense of health for the children were held.

In this assembly that nucleated the Internal Board of ATE, the Association of Professionals, Autoconvocated Physicians, Assembly of Residents and Scholars among others. It was approved to converge this Next Thursday in a general strike of the entire hospital and a mobilization is called to the National Ministry of Health at 1:00 p.m.. The residents turned on the fuse that toured the entire hospital and a struggle committee was approved that unifies all the professions, unions and hospital areas, as well as the demand for the conduction of UPCN to call unemployment.

The residents of the Garrahan hospital began last week with a three -day strike. They denounce salaries that are below the poverty line, charge $ 797,061 having to make strenuous working hours of up to 80 hours per week with 24 … pic.twitter.com/ZSuFhls13s

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Residents are one of the central pillars of the operation of this important and prestigious Children’s Hospital, as well as the entire public and private health system. They denounce not be heard by anyone while their salaries are around $ 797,000 for more than 70 hours of weekly work, that is about $ 2800 or $ 3000 per hour. This reality pushes the realization of strenuous overtime and multi -employment, harming the quality of patient care. “We fight for our salary to defend quality care for children. The national government faces retirees daily and now intends to get the health of our children. We will not allow it”a resident doctor recounted.

This claim and struggle travel through the entire health system and residents of different hospitals in the city began to resume assemblies to join the mobilization of this Thursday, as of the Rivadavia, Piñero, Ramos Mejía, Gutierrez hospitals among others.

The national government does not care about the health of children, it lets the lack of personnel for resignations run, apply emptying in national hospitals and pushes the collapse of the main children’s hospital in the country, with a high continental recognition, which not only serves thousands of children from all over the country, but also excellent professionals that form the campuses of the entire health system, public or private.

There are economists who made a simple calculation to dimension the priorities of this government. With only the additional 3 billion granted to the SIDE in the first four months of the year, the entire annual budget of the Garrahan hospital could be covered. While the Government applies a zero deficit to put the necessary dollars to pay the external debt with the IMF.

This fight is more than salary is for the present and future of health for children.