2023-12-05 16:18:45
Dozens of employees and members of the medical staff of the General Hospital of Medellín took to the streets of the city this Tuesday in a new day of protests to reject the financial and care crisis in which that entity is immersed.
Carrying banners rejecting the logistical problems that have been increasing in various areas of that institution, the lack of supplies, labor outsourcing and the multiple complaints that have occurred in recent years due to alleged acts of corruption, the protesters expressed their objections.
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“The hospital is dying”, “no more outsourcing”, among others, were part of the slogans that were reflected in the posters that were seen in the streets.
Juan Camilo Toro, one of the members of the entity’s unions, pointed out that the majority of the hospital’s labor organizations attended the demonstration, concerned about the management that the hospital has suffered.
At a medical level, Toto expressed, one of the main concerns that concerns that center are about neonatal services, which recently saw 15 of its beds have to be closed, 7 corresponding to Intensive Care units and eight in the central ward.
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“The reason is that we get tired. As workers in the health sector, as public servants, we see these lies on the part of the district administration. We are not ignoring that the EPS owes the general hospital, but what is true is that there has been a lack of judgment and experience on the part of the management team to face the situation,” said Toro.
The leader added that the workers do not understand why the hospital administration has refused to sit down with them to listen to their complaints and anticipated that the cash problems that the health center has are also beginning to affect the medical specialists, in a situation similar to the one that occurred at the end of last November with Metrosalud.
As this newspaper reported at the end of last November, the crisis that the General Hospital is going through recently deepened, after new delays in the payment of payroll to medical staff and difficulties in caring for patients came to light.
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In terms of supplies, it also emerged that the institution has problems in supplying components to perform rapid syphilis tests, strips for various tests, supplies from the microbiology area and testing cards, even finding it necessary to go to other laboratories to cover your needs.
In defense of its management, the hospital administration has argued that these problems would be associated with the financial problems that the entity is going through due to the crisis that is affecting the health sector in general, which in its case has resulted in a portfolio of $260,000 million that insurers have not paid.
In addition to these problems, it is worth remembering that the hospital has also been at the center of multiple complaints for alleged irregularities in its hiring processes, allegedly directed at companies with questioned experience and that have affected the provision of services such as food.
This Friday’s marches began during the early hours of the morning and several roads in the city center were taken, such as Palacé, 33rd Avenue and San Juan Street. Around 9:00 am the protesters arrived at the La Alpujarra square to hold a sit-in in front of the Medellín Mayor’s Office and demand fundamental solutions.
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