This Tuesday, the medical residents of the City of Buenos Aires advance a new strike day, demanding a salary recomposition, and will mobilize to the headquarters of the Buenos Aires Ministry of Health.
health workers They called the force measure for 24 hours. In addition, the medical residents They will hold an assembly to define who will meet with the Minister of Health, Fernán Quirós, after he agreed to receive them.
For weeks, after eight strikes and ten demonstrations, the medical residents They demanded that Quirós meet with them to listen to their demands, a meeting that will take place today at 5:00 p.m..
The president of the Association of Municipal Doctors (AMM), Carlos Rojo, and five representatives of the Assembly of residents and attendees of CABA will participate in this meeting.
Although the minister will receive them, from the sector they affirmed that they will mobilize again to demand “an answer” from Quirós, for which they reaffirmed their request for “salary recomposition for residents and salary and ART for attendees.”
“We continue to fight together until we win. On the street, for our salaries, in defense of public health,” they said. Health professionalswho also assure that they will keep their fight as long as necessary.
Likewise, They assure that “the public health crisis does not seem to be a priority for this Government”so from the sector they will maintain the “defense of public health”.
The Health portfolio would make a salary proposal
Melina Michniuk, a resident of the Elizalde Hospital, indicated in statements to Télam that “there are rumors” of a salary improvement proposal by the Health portfolio. However, it is not yet clear what it will consist of: it would be discussed this afternoon.
“The numbers are not clear and, until it is in writing, we have nothing to discuss. The claim remains firm, in terms of 100% recomposition and the recognition of competitors who work for free,” Michniuk said.
