March to the Neuquén – Cipolletti bridges this Thursday, due to the ATE strike in hospitals

2023-10-04 11:18:49

Hospital leaders from Río Negro approved the action plan in response to the crisis that affects the province’s health system. In addition to the 24-hour strike for Thursday, Tomorrow they will march to the highway bridges that connect Cipolletti and Neuquénit is not yet defined whether traffic will be interrupted by the demonstrations.

Last week in an ATE plenary session, the hospital delegates of Río Negro agreed on a series of actions to complain regarding the crisis that the health system is going through in the province. From tomorrow, Thursday October 5, there will be uIn a 24-hour strike, they will set up a camp in it Ministry of Health in Viedma and will demonstrate on the Cipolletti – Neuquén highway bridges.

The union emphasized the need to increase the guard point for personnel covered by Law 1904, and has denounced “the hiring of workers with irregular contracts, as well as the lack of personnel, medical equipment and adaptations in the facilities, which puts the provision of health services at risk.

The Secretary General of ATE, Rodrigo Vicente, stated that “the ATE SALUD space It is consolidated and through an action plan that will deepen as the weeks go by, with the full decision to defend the public health system and recover all the violated rights of hospital workers.

Tomorrow 36 hospitals in the province of Río Negro are on strike, however they assured that a minimum guard will be guaranteed. Regarding the demonstration on highway bridges, ATE has not yet defined whether it will also include the partial or total interruption of traffic.

Strike in Río Negro hospitals: Asspur denounces lack of medication and disposable materials


Asspur confirmed that it will also carry out actions for that day and He detailed a series of demands, including a negotiation table with the Rio Negro government. They affirm that the strike for the provincial day of struggle will affect the service, taking into account that ATE will also make a fight plan pointing out the need to increase the guard point for personnel covered by Law 1904.

Meanwhile, Asspur broke down a series of claims for this Thursday and among them the “serious lack of medication and disposable materials in hospitals, CAPS and Mental Health Day Centers.” Also “precarious building conditions, vehicles and ambulances that put the lives of patients and staff at risk.”

The Association also emphasized that in hospitals there are «“broken and old equipment that can no longer withstand repair”and pointed out the “lack of human resources.”


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