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HEALTH CRISIS. 32 WAIVED FOR PHYSICIANS IN HOSPITAL GRAL.

Photo: Entrance to Hospital Joaquin Castilian in the town of Guemes.

From Tuesday there will be no guards at the hospital Castellanos.

The decision was taken yesterday at a meeting, there was no offer from the Ministry of Health of the Province of Salta and remaining inactive Urtubey figure of the governor.

Yesterday, 32 Joaquín Castellanos hospital doctors in the city of General Guemes took the decision not to attend the guards from next Tuesday 16, not having been paid the wage that claim before the Ministry of Health of the province since last December. The measure would render emergency coverage to more than 42,000 residents of the area.

The doctor Javier Barraza, representing professionals in the hospital, explained that "we decided to give the guards definitely not having reached an agreement with the Ministry of Health.

While we met recently with Dr. Francis Ryan, secretary of the Ministry of Health, until today did not get any answers and we can not continue like this. "

The decision was raised in writing to the hospital manager Castellanos, Miguel Latigano and reported it to the Health portfolio.

be recalled that the same group of doctors, whose number reaches 85% of the professionals of the institution, and had raised his resignation in December 2009, a decision that was rejected by the Ministry. "Today marks two months since we first introduced our renunicias, we ask is that the Government would accept and which apparently will not make room for our orders," said Barraza.

Doctors claim that the hourly rate of duty exceeding $ 20 to $ 50 pesos, weekdays, and $ 70 on Saturdays and Sundays. And to establish the amount of $ 40 an hour to plant.

Moreover applying for permanent staff go to all staff with temporary appointment, 82% mobile and the declaration of unsafe work.

"We did not come to this, but we can not continue to collect these amounts not alcansan us to live. That's why we want people to know ahead of time that on Tuesday we will not serve in the Guard, "he said Barraza.

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Source: The Tribune 11/02/2010

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