Overview

• APyT leads a 24-hour stoppage on Thursday with public visits and cultural events to highlight what unions call a critical situation at Argentina’s main pediatric hospital.
• Congress approved the pediatric emergency law last week, and workers demand immediate promulgation and implementation by the executive branch.
• The measure includes salary recomposition for all pediatric-center staff and reverses the rule that classifies national medical residencies as scholarships.
• APyT reports 242 departures at Garrahan due to low pay, with leaders warning weekly resignations are dismantling multidisciplinary teams.
• ATE’s Alejandro Lipcovich alleges the hospital’s own insurer-billing revenues were frozen at ARS 200,000 and links budget woes to corruption scandals, as the government signals a potential veto.