Overview

• The institute has operated on a 2023 budget with zero new allocations despite over 70% inflation and a 60% real-wage decline for staff.
• On July 10–11 professionals, UBA leaders and unions formed a mass symbolic hug around the facility to demand increased resources.
• A cracked pathology pavilion was evacuated this week over fears of structural collapse.
• Deliveries of opioids and other key medications have halted, leaving patients without prescribed pain treatments.
• Workers are awaiting action on a pending university funding bill in Congress to replenish budgets and avert further professional departures.