Overview

• EsSalud nurses in Piura briefly blocked the Sánchez Cerro bridge with a symbolic coffin to highlight the system’s crisis during ongoing protests.
• At Arequipa’s Carlos Alberto Seguín Escobedo hospital, union leaders report at least 2,000 outpatient appointments suspended daily and elective surgeries delayed without new dates.
• Preliminary figures in Piura indicate more than 4,000 medical consultations have gone unattended since the stoppage began on September 9.
• EsSalud president Segundo Acho announced contingency hiring of doctors and nurses, appointment reprogramming and reinforced telemedicine, while warning of sanctions and pay discounts under the declared-illegal strike.
• Patient advocates urge lifting the walkout, citing Congress’s move to exclude EsSalud from the contested decree, as unions maintain broader demands and say they have taken the dispute to the ILO; emergency and critical care remain in service, according to EsSalud.