Overview

• Staff represented by ATE and APyT launched a 24‑hour walkout that began Wednesday at 21:00 and is set to end Friday at 07:00 to oppose the presidential veto of the Pediatric Emergency Law.
• Workers planned a 12:30 departure from Hospital Garrahan to the National Congress, with a symbolic embrace of the hospital at 13:00 featuring social organizations and university groups.
• The action coincides with a Senate session where opposition blocs seek to overturn vetoes on the pediatric measure and university financing, a step that, if approved as reported, would trigger automatic promulgation.
• Hospital leaders and government officials say Garrahan is not in emergency and attribute a September extraordinary bonus of 450,000 pesos for professionals and 350,000 for other staff to administrative efficiency.
• APyT’s Norma Lezana demands immediate application of the law and rejects delays, while ATE’s Alejandro Lipcovich calls the bonus a temporary gain that fails to resolve salaries and urges use of hospital-generated funds to restore pay without discrimination.