The authorities of the Juan P. Garrahan Hospital They presented an urgent precautionary measure before justice to guarantee medical care in the midst of a new Resident unemployment that will be extended, in principle, until Thursday. They argued an “imminent risk to patient health” due to the suspension of activities by a key sector of medical staff. In the legal brief, presented before the Federal Civil and Commercial Court No. 6, they emphasize that this interruption affects the attention of complex pathologies, prolonged treatments and pediatric emergencies. They also requested inhabile days and hours to resolve with releasing.
The measure occurs in a context of growing protest. Under the slogan “You are claw, let’s save the hospital”, The residents returned to unemployment this week after having made a 72 hours last week, which included a symbolic hug to the building. They denounce that their income is frozen at $ 797,061 per month for more than 60 hours per week, without joint update since the previous management. Salary and labor precariousness, they say, is causing a sustained escape from professionals to the private or outside sector.
Facundo SakimaGarrahan’s medical resident, he crudely presented the salary situation in an interview with The trigger (Delta 90.3): “Since the last salary of 2023 we lost around 53% against inflation. What we have been charging is unsustainable. The salary of a first -year resident is below the basic basket. It is not enough to reach the end of the month or pay the expenses.” In addition, he explained that the hourly load is excessive: “What a resident in the Garrahan is between 60 and 80 hours a month, added to the hours of guard. In total, it would be around 3,000 pesos per hour. We are doctors who have already studied seven years and we are specializing, not students.”
The Garrahan, a national reference in highly complex pediatric health, serves children with cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases and rare ailmentsincluding patients from bordering countries. “Here children from all over the country are treated, with the pathology you imagine. Everyone is treated in the claw,” Sakima emphasized. However, they have not had an official response. “Trying to talk to the Government is like being talking with a wall. They have not received or answered us. The only channel is the address, which does not represent us. They have even threatened our jobs,” the resident denounced.
During a press conference, Mariano BoglioneCoordinator of the Hospital Surgical Center, denounced the accumulated salary deterioration since 2024. He pointed out that many doctors trained in the hospital are renouncing the impossibility of sustaining their economy. “This is not just our salaries, but to guarantee the attention of thousands of children. Each resignation implies the loss of years of irreplaceable experience,” he warned.
Boglione remarked that the claw is not another hospital, but The backbone of the public and private pediatric attention of high complexity. “If the claw falls, the system falls,” he said. In addition, he warned that the current salary of residents are below the poverty line, which also puts the continuity of medical training programs at risk.
Residents, who integrate a postgraduate training system with demands for guards and progressive responsibilities, claim not only a salary recomposition, but the recognition of their essential role in the functioning of the hospital. If they do not get an answer this week, they do not rule out extending the force measure indefinitely. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health continues without establishing a channel of direct dialogue with them, which further aggravates the crisis in one of the most sensitive medical institutions in the country.
By rn
