Overview

• In Arequipa, union leaders report at least 2,000 outpatient appointments suspended each day at the Carlos Alberto Seguín Escobedo hospital, with scheduled surgeries also delayed and no firm reprogramming dates.
• Nurses in Piura briefly blocked the Sánchez Cerro bridge and marched with a symbolic coffin to highlight what they call a deepening health crisis.
• EsSalud president Segundo Acho said the insurer is hiring additional doctors and nurses, reprogramming missed appointments, and strengthening telemedicine as part of a contingency plan.
• EsSalud’s management announced administrative actions and discounts for staff who do not work their shifts, citing a Labor Ministry ruling that declared the strike illegal.
• Union representatives say the stoppage will continue until authorities open a new dialogue and address their demands, while an insureds’ group in Huancayo urges ending the strike, citing congressional moves to exclude EsSalud from the contested decree.