The Federation of Public Health Officials (FFSP) issued a statement denouncing that a worker was assaulted by a police officer while performing duties at the Maciel Hospital, this past Saturday 23 at 5:40 p.m.
“But this time, the one who was there to protect was the aggressor, because the one who did violence with a fist bump was a police officer who was guarding a patient deprived of liberty,” expresses the note released to public opinion.
The statement states that “according to the colleague himself, the agent became violent, attacking sharply, when he was warned that he should wear a face mask, since the patient he was supposed to guard was a possible BK+ (tuberculosis).” He adds that “the duty of the Police is to protect, not cowardly attack a worker, abusing the impunity that his uniform infers.”
Given what happened, it was decided that the workers of the Maciel Hospital would make a 24-hour strike yesterday, Sunday, as a demonstration of solidarity with the attacked official. “From the FFSP we make our entire legal team available to reach the final consequences.” This Monday 25th the working day will be normal.
About the fact, the director of Coexistence and Citizen Security of the Ministry of the Interior, Santiago González, explained to the Telemundo newscast that the Secretary of State has already decided to initiate an urgent investigation to find out how the situation arose. “The cash guarded the prisoner and the nurse wanted to throw him out of the place. There was a struggle and a push, “said González, who according to the information and version they have about the event, it happened but in another way, and not as the health worker reported it. The result of the urgent investigation would have to be in 48 hours, from the time it is initiated by the portfolio.
Sources from the Ministry of the Interior told Diario La R on Sunday that the police narrated another version of the events and that is why the conclusion of the investigation is awaited to find out what happened.
