This Thursday will be the second day of a departmental strike called by the Federation of Health Workers, and the first day of withdrawal to emergencies, cited by the Bolivian Medical Association. The doctors take this measure in rejection of the job instability faced by some doctors, that “they are fired, persecuted and suffer from workplace harassment,” as Wilfredo Anzoátegui, president of the Santa Cruz Medical College, stated.
Through its social networks, the Bolivian Medical College announced that they also request the institutionalization of professionals, payment of wages owed to them, in addition to improvements in the health system: infrastructure, equipment and supplies.
Meanwhile, the Vice Minister of Management of the Health System, Álvaro Terrazas, quoted by the communication unit of that ministry, stated: “This mobilization is political, it is a strike called by a leadership that managed and was in the health system in the management 2020 and that they did little or nothing for it (…) The sanctions that correspond by law will be drastically applied: discounts for days not worked.
Anzoátegui recalled that the decision to withdraw doctors to emergencies is a measure that has been taken by the presidents of the medical colleges of each department of the country, in addition to representatives of the Federation of Medical and Related Branches, social security, hospitals and clinics. . “There is nothing political about it,” he pointed out, explaining that heWhat they are looking for is ‘the head’ of the regional director of the Caja Petrolerafor generating job instability for their colleagues.
For the deputy minister, the measure is unjustified and unsupported; in his opinion there is no such persecution. He referred to the case of Rómulo Calvo, indicating that he was fired from it for “his recurring absences from his source of employment (…), which generated illegal salary collections.”
The health workers, for their part, came to the Mayor to protest; They demand the continuity of employment of their affiliates., as well as the payment of the vaccination allowance. For this Thursday they plan to arrive at the Governor’s Office to present their demands: “That they convene a merit contest; let the finger positions end”. If they do not receive favorable responses, the workers announced that they will take over the Quinta Municipal after Carnival.
This Thursday will be the second day of a departmental strike called by the Federation of Health Workers, and the first day of withdrawal to emergencies, cited by the Bolivian Medical Association. The doctors take this measure in rejection of the job instability faced by some doctors, that “they are fired, persecuted and suffer from workplace harassment,” as Wilfredo Anzoátegui, president of the Santa Cruz Medical College, stated.
Through its social networks, the Bolivian Medical College announced that they also request the institutionalization of professionals, payment of wages owed to them, in addition to improvements in the health system: infrastructure, equipment and supplies.
Meanwhile, the Vice Minister of Management of the Health System, Álvaro Terrazas, quoted by the communication unit of that ministry, stated: “This mobilization is political, it is a strike called by a leadership that managed and was in the health system in the management 2020 and that they did little or nothing for it (…) The sanctions that correspond by law will be drastically applied: discounts for days not worked.
Anzoátegui recalled that the decision to withdraw doctors to emergencies is a measure that has been taken by the presidents of the medical colleges of each department of the country, in addition to representatives of the Federation of Medical and Related Branches, social security, hospitals and clinics. . “There is nothing political about it,” he pointed out, explaining that heWhat they are looking for is ‘the head’ of the regional director of the Caja Petrolerafor generating job instability for their colleagues.
For the deputy minister, the measure is unjustified and unsupported; in his opinion there is no such persecution. He referred to the case of Rómulo Calvo, indicating that he was fired from it for “his recurring absences from his source of employment (…), which generated illegal salary collections.”
The health workers, for their part, came to the Mayor to protest; They demand the continuity of employment of their affiliates., as well as the payment of the vaccination allowance. For this Thursday they plan to arrive at the Governor’s Office to present their demands: “That they convene a merit contest; let the finger positions end”. If they do not receive favorable responses, the workers announced that they will take over the Quinta Municipal after Carnival.
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