The Dominican College of Bioanalists (Codobio) and the Association of Health Psychologists (ASOPSALUD) They held a National unemployment in demand for salary improvements, Professional recognition and time incentives in services, as well as decent pensions 100 %.
This arrest He developed from 7:00 in the morning to 2:00 in the afternoonaffecting pharmacy, laboratory, medical images and Psychology consultations.
One of the centers where protesters were observed was in the Puello Moscoso Hospitalwhere María Esther SantosPresident of Codobiodenounced that the Government has not complied with the Salary Agreement agreed in November 2024which established a staggered increase 25 % for everyone Clinical Laboratory staff.
“We call on solidarity and attention of the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader Corona; of the Vice President, Raquel Peña; by Dr. Víctor Atallah, Minister of Public Health; by Dr. Mario Lama (Director of the National Health Service –SNS-), that can fulfill Our demands and our claims“Santos said.
Meanwhile, in the Jaime Mota Hospitalin Barahonathe Nurses They joined this strugglerequesting 1,000 appointments In this year 2025 and another 1,000 in 2026, as well as the replacement of 75 people who worked during the arduous and complicated days of the Pandemic for COVID-19.
- “We deserve a worthy pension after having given so many years of service,” said one of the Nurses protesters in the southern province.
Similarly, the arrest He felt in The Cibaowhere collaborators of the José María Cabral and Báez Hospitalin Santiagothey joined the protests.
“We are supporting the so -called Dominican College of Bioanalists. We want best answerswe want solutions and that value the work we develop day by day in this center, “said Esterlin Brito, a bioanalist.
Nurses give a week of term
Along with the national stoppage of Codobiomembers of Dominican College of Nursing Professionals (Codonpef) awarded a week of term at health authorities to fulfill their claims, including the salary increase Step of 25 %, agreed in 2024 between the Health Cabinet, the Ministry of Public Health, the National Health Service and the Dominican Medical College.
In case of not reaching a agreementcontemplate the call to New mobilizations he Next Tuesday, August 12.
“We are calling us Mr. President that, at the time, he said that it was the Nursing sector defenderbut we have not seen that, we need facts, “said Berta de la Cruz, president of the Codopenfwho says that at least five thousand are needed in the country Nurses to respond to the needs of the population.
He Codopenf expressed his worry by him Health sector deterioration and denounced that the reports of the professional guild about the conditions of most public hospitals are worrisome and in some cases there is talk of precariousness by the Lack of equipment, medications, Inputs and is missing or staff exhaustion.
It is not the first claim
The past July 31members of the Codobio HE They expressed in front of the National Palace, demanding to President Luis Abinader compliance with Salary Agreement agreed with him Government in November 2024.
“The Agreements They are for be fulfilled. The authorities They must respect what is agreed or will have us in the streets and in hospitals entries defending our claims“Santos had warned.
The president of Codobio He explained that, in the previous phases of the increase, applied in January and May, numerous professionals were excluded, including Coordinatorsin charge of areas and managers of laboratories of the SNS.
“This staggered increase It is almost a year of agreed and the totality of professionals He has not received it, so authorities They are in frank breach of it, “he argued.
Of agreement With the bioanalist, some colleagues received only 10 % increase without retroactive, under the official allegation they perform administrative functionsargument that he described as unfounded.
Other guilds manifest
He Codobio It is not the only entity that has been active with paralyzes and ads of plans struggle.
Members of the National Nursing Workers Union (Sinatrae) have been doing protests regional, which will culminate on August 19 with paralyzes in it Gran Santo Domingo and San Cristóbal.
At the same time, on July 30, with the support of the Dominican Medical Collegeeither (Cmd), specialists of the Sema Santo Domingo Teaching Hospital They denounced “his systematic exclusion of the processes of Salary leveling and the Elimination of labor benefits historically acquired. “
Health professionals assured that the situation in this medical center has prolonged for more than five years without concrete responses by the authorities of the sector.
“The Semma doctors We have been excluded again and again from salary increases They have received colleagues in other public hospitals. Despite our training, workload and commitmentWe are still invisible“Sandra de los Santos, a spokeswoman for the group, said.
Just a month earlier, the June 25, Ophthalmologists of the Ophthalmological cardio-transplantation center and transplantation (Cecanot), located within the Luis Eduardo Aybar (former Morgan) health, made a arrest of work in demand of the Payment of backward incentives.
In response, José Joaquín Puello, President of the Health Cityindicated that the application of incentive by the Vista doctors It resulted untenable and that some remuneration did not correspond, “which forced to review and adjust the incentives based on productivity, a process agreed with the authorities competent “.
- Doctors Emergency and intensivists of the Ney Arias Lora hospital denounced that 20 % of the promised incentive for January 2025 was achieved in the month of June, after the efforts of the Santo Domingo Domingo of CMD and the intervention of the Dominican Emergency Society.
Answer of SNS
He Director of the National Health Service (SNS), Mario Lamasaid in recent statements that the institution has given faithful compliance with 100 % of the salary increases established by him Government in it agreement signed with him Health staffincluding professionals in the area of laboratory clinical.
Lama clarified that Recent cases indicated by the Dominican College of Bioanalists (Codobio), related to Coordinators and Laboratory managers They occupy administrative functions or mixed, were not included in the reach of the agreement original, which contemplated exclusively active assistance personnel in technical functions.
“He SNS Keep your commitment with the dignification of Health staff and recognizes the important role played by the Bioanalysis professionals In the national health system, therefore, we are open to dialogue and keep building solutions Through the corresponding institutional channels, “he said.
