Overview

• Authorities assigned 1,939 of 2,372 basic medical slots between August 25 and 27, reaching roughly 81.7% coverage and improving on last year’s first round.
• Investigators retested 117 candidates flagged for cheating and none revalidated their scores, as the government filed a criminal complaint over alleged manipulation of the merit order.
• Coverage varied sharply by specialty, with intensive care, general or family medicine, internal medicine and emergentology filling less than half their places, while pediatrics neared full allocation in national hospitals and fields like dermatology and anesthesiology were oversubscribed.
• The City of Buenos Aires reached 96% coverage (706 of 737), national hospitals 83.95% (272 of 324) and the Province of Buenos Aires 73% (961 of 1,311), reflecting persistent regional gaps.
• Institutions reported uneven results, with INAREPS, Garrahan and ANLIS Malbrán filling all posts, Posadas at 81%, El Cruce at 63%, Calafate at 50% and Hospital Sommer leaving both general medicine slots vacant; readjudications are set for September 24–26 and October 27–28 with October 1 and November 1 start dates.