Overview

• Workers held an open-doors stoppage at Argentina’s leading pediatric hospital to demand immediate promulgation and execution of the newly approved emergency statute.
• The law, passed by the Senate last week, declares a one-year pediatric health emergency, mandates salary recomposition with inclusion of national residents, and requires urgent resources; the Congressional Budget Office pegs the cost at $65,573 million through December.
• Government sources have indicated President Javier Milei intends to veto the measure, and union leaders say they will intensify actions if the law is blocked.
• APyT reports 242 staff resignations linked to eroded pay, warning that departures are breaking up long‑built interdisciplinary teams and straining services.
• The strike featured a ‘Garrahan de Puertas Abiertas’ program with cultural and human‑rights figures including Claudia Piñeiro, Darío Sztajnszrajber, Soledad Barruti, Gerardo Romano, Cecilia Roth and others, while union leaders alleged frozen own‑source revenues and mismanagement by authorities including Jorge Menehem.