The event, simultaneous in several cities, will be to demand remuneration for the medical internship and prevent the measure from being delayed for another year.
Students of medicine they called a national sit-in for this Monday, December 29 at 12 noon, to make visible the demand for a economic payment for medical interns. The day is aimed at students, interns, doctors, residents and other members of the health sector, as well as people interested in supporting this request. It will be developed simultaneously in different cities in the country.
The call raises a coordinated mobilization in multiple regions, with meeting points defined in university hospitals, clinics and institutional headquarters of the national health system. Among the cities included are Bogotá, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Villavicencio, Ibagué, Cali, Medellín, Popayán, Santa Marta, Pasto, Valledupar, Sincelejo, Neiva, Pereira and Manizales, which constitutes a scope national of this activity.
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Schedules and meeting points
The sit-in is scheduled to take place at noon, coinciding with lunch time, in order to facilitate the participation of those who are in academic or healthcare activities. In Bogotá, the central meeting point is the headquarters of the Ministry of Healthwhile in other cities the meetings will be held in university hospitals and reference centers of the public health system.
Each city has a specific place previously defined, such as ministries, secretariats, departmental and university hospitalsas well as highly complex clinics. These spaces will be the concentration points for interns, students and health personnel who decide to participate in this day.
Why will medical students mobilize?
The central demand of the sit-in is the implementation of a economic payment for medical interns, who currently carry out their boarding school as part of their training process without receiving remuneration. According to those calling for this mobilization, for this payment to be made effective from 2026, an administrative decision related to the authorization of the use of budget resources of the health sector.
The students assure that if this decision is not adopted before the end of the year, the implementation of the payment would be postponed until 2027, which would imply the continuity of the unpaid internship for thousands of medical students throughout the country.
The central message of the day summarizes this demand in the slogan “Interns with payment”which seeks to unify demand and facilitate its identification both in face-to-face concentrations and in digital spaces where the mobilization is expected to have an impact.
Organization and forms of participation
The call contemplates different forms of participation beyond in-person attendance, in order to include those who cannot physically attend the meeting points. One of the proposed actions is the recording of short videos during the sit-in hours, in which the demand for payment for the inmates is expressed and disseminated through social networks.
They also promote prior organization through communication groups and chats by departments, where logistical information will be shared, activities on December 29 will be coordinated, and general instructions for the day will be disseminated. These spaces seek to facilitate the articulation between students, interns and health personnel from different institutions.
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The call calls for broadening participation by inviting colleagues, friends and colleagues from the sector, highlighting that the situation of the medical internship It has an impact on students, residents and health professionals.
Source: Integrated Information System
