Workers at the Garrahan Hospital are staging a mobilization in front of the nation’s Congress in Argentina, as part of a new work stoppage against President Javier Milei’s veto of the pediatric emergency law.

The strike includes a mobilization in front of the National Congress, called by the Association of Professionals and Technicians (APyT), starting at 1:00 p.m.

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The protest denounces the prolonged crisis of the hospital, considered an international reference center in pediatric care, which has worsened in the last year due to the loss of the purchasing power of salaries, the desertion of professionals and the deterioration of working conditions.

“There are hundreds of professionals who leave and children who are no longer guaranteed care in a timely manner,” denounced Norma Lezana, general secretary of APyT.

 The presidential veto of the emergency law – justified by the Executive as a measure to preserve fiscal balance – generated strong rejection among workers, who describe the decision as “a direct attack on conquered rights.”

Although the government gave a bonus of $450,000 for health personnel and $350,000 for administrative personnel, the announcement failed to contain the discomfort.

The mobilization has the support of the university community, which joins in rejecting the veto of the university financing law.

APyT warns that both the Garrahan and the public university “are not adjustment variables”, and call on society to accompany the protest to avoid the emptying of key institutions. The Senate can reinstate the Law, in what is shaping up to be a political tussle of high social impact. The Garrahan workers insist that health, education, pensions and attention to the disabled are fundamental rights that cannot be curtailed

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