Overview
- After seven days of an indefinite walkout, the Jorge Reátegui hospital in Piura reports roughly 14,000 consultations and procedures postponed.
- Emergency departments, including at Hospital Rebagliati in Lima, show patients waiting up to 12 hours on chairs as beds and stretchers run out.
- Shortages of medicines and basic supplies, plus inoperative equipment, have led to suspended procedures, including a cancer surgery canceled for lack of an anesthesia machine.
- Workforce gaps are severe, with a nurse describing care for 12 patients at once and nursing leaders estimating Lima needs about 499 additional nurses.
- Medical union officials single out EsSalud president Segundo Acho Mego for alleged mismanagement and political ties, as editorials press for deep institutional reform.