Garrahan Workers March to the Ministry of Health in the Midst of the Crisis

Doctors and residents report wages below the poverty line and a human resource crisis in the country's main pediatric hospital.

Juan Pedro Garrahan was an Argentine doctor who dedicated his life to caring for the health of children. His name was immortalized in the most recognized Pediatric Hospital in the country, located in the City of Buenos Aires, which today receives patients from all over Latin America. In this note we tell you more about Garrahan, how was created the hospital that bears his name and why this public health center is considered one of the best in La…

After the mandatory reconciliation dictated by the National Government, professionals, residents, technicians and administrative denounce the "wage emergency." Manuel Adorni said this morning that the funding is "a lie." Read more

Since last year, the Garrahan has already lost 170 professionals; this Thursday, all staff had ceased their activities. The government suspended it.

A group of national deputies led by Carla Carrizo (Democracy for Always) today presented a request for reports to the Executive on the situation of budgetary suffocation and meagre wage conditions of residents and professionals of the Garrahan Hospital. In the letter, the radical deputy asks the Government to inform what is the budget allocated to the pediatric hospital for the year 2025 and if budgetary transfers have been made so far this year…

Three of the most important medical institutions in the country suffered cuts by the National Government and carry out days of struggle every week. Public health is in crisis at the national level and three institutions of the most important in Argentina are proof of this, every week: Garrahan, Bonaparte and Clinics hospitals had to reduce patient care, due to the lack of budget of the National Government, added to the fact that a significant pa…