Overview
- Coalición Cívica figures say Guillermo Francos phoned Elisa Carrió on Oct. 24, two days before the election, to disclose a plan to redetermine allocations for disability and the Garrahan and asked her to keep it “in reserve.”
- The decision was formalized on Oct. 31 in the Official Gazette, with the Chief of Cabinet issuing an administrative act that shifted 35,382 million pesos to address the pediatric emergency.
- The government confirmed a 61% pay increase for all Garrahan personnel following months of labor conflict at the hospital.
- Coalición Cívica credits its complaints, legal notices and information requests—including revealing about 40 billion pesos invested in the Carlos Pellegrini fund—with pressuring authorities to secure the financing.
- Recent coverage notes cabinet fallout after the budget move, with Francos and vice health minister Cecilia Loccisano leaving their posts while Health Minister Mario Lugones remains, whom the party accuses of resisting funding.