They assure that delays in the payments of their wages are presented and their labor rights are not being respected.
With tapas, pots and other elements, the workers of the San Rafael University Hospital, located in southern Bogotá, advanced a cacerolazo to protest for the management that the Government has been giving to the Capitation Payment Unit (UPC).
One of the participants said that: “The decrease in the value of UPC goes against the rights of patients and workers. Here many inputs that are needed for good care of a patient who comes to hospitalize are not taken into account and health entities, They seek to reduce these monies to the maximum.“
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On this panorama of the health sector, a union leader of the same health center said that: “The different health entities need resources for the care of patients in a timely manner.”
The majority of protesters recalled that they have responsibilities that are vital. “We must take the food and meet the needs of our homes and with that increase in the UPC, the hospitals directives submit us to their free will and shield themselves in the decrease of the money turned by the government Not to comply with our rights, “said several of them.
According to the spokesmen, when the hospitals and clinics are left without resources to “pay the broken dishes”, we are the workers, Here we talk about the UPC above, but not below where we are the workers of the health sector.
“In this way we want to give the message to the national government that with the decision of the Constitutional Court, which indicates that it should increase the value of the UPC, it is clear that the increase that was officially made did not have the reality of patients in mind and workers.
Remember that the Capitation Payment Unit (UPC) is the annual value assigned to each affiliate to the Colombian health system. This money is used to finance the health services of affiliates.
The workers who participated in the Cacerolazo of the San Rafael Hospital They affirmed the attack of the directives of clinics and hospitals is against the workers, union privileges are not respected, the right to free association and cause dismissals without just cause.
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“The workers who remain in health institutions are recharged, work conditions and disappear the money to pay specialized professionals and also not paid social security in a timely manner,” said the protesters.
The cacerozo against the UPC, in this part of the city it developed in a peaceful way, despite some difficulties in the peak time for drivers who wanted to reach their homes and workplaces quickly.
Source: Integrated information system
