Overview

• Clinical staff will receive ARS 450,000 per month and administrative staff ARS 350,000 starting in September, financed with the hospital’s own resources.
• Officials, including Health Minister Mario Lugones, framed the payouts as part of a responsible incentive scheme and reiterated that the hospital is not in emergency.
• Union ATE’s Alejandro Lipcovich welcomed the sums as a concession won through protests but confirmed a 48-hour strike, citing that the payments do not raise base pay.
• A dispute persists over duration: management described the complements as open-ended, while workers say notices indicate they run only through December.
• The announcement arrives as Congress seeks to overturn the presidential veto of the pediatric emergency law, with workers also raising transparency concerns over allegedly retained funds.