Overview

• Nurses in Piura briefly blocked the Sánchez Cerro bridge with a symbolic coffin to highlight the health system’s crisis during the nationwide stoppage that began on September 9.
• Arequipa facilities report about 2,000 missed outpatient visits per day and delayed elective surgeries, leaving many patients without new appointments.
• EsSalud president Segundo Acho declared the walkout illegal and initiated pay deductions, disciplinary actions, contingency hiring, appointment reprogramming and expanded telemedicine.
• Union representatives argue the protest is lawful, have appealed to the International Labour Organization and are challenging the Labor Ministry’s resolution in court.
• Patient advocates call for services to resume after Congress excluded EsSalud from Legislative Decree 1666, while unions maintain that equipment, medicine and staffing shortfalls persist.