Public health officials prepare to mobilize for June 16 – Information – 05/28/2022

The Federation of Public Health Officials (FFSP) Bring mass mobilization On June 16, as stated in a statement. That’s why its boss Martin PereiraThe tour began at Paysandú Hospital.

During the mobilization, where they will demand “a refund of workers’ salaries, more human resources and a budget to improve working conditions and the quality of care provided to users,” they will tour various hospitals across the country.

Prior to this demonstration and during a tour of Paysandú Hospital, Pereira spoke of the appreciation received by health officials, both by the public and by the government, and expressed that this recognition is not reflected in salaries because they have lost 6% of them. Almost two and a half years. “There is no possibility of resolving this situation,” he said.

As he said on the official page of Ministry of Public Health (MSPIt is reported that there are approximately 120,000 new users in Public Healthwhich for Pereira is “a very significant increase”, but on the other hand, he warns that the current government, since the start of the mandate, “has reduced the budget by 15% in operating expenses, referring to medicines, employment in services”, among things Others, according to Pereira, “directly affect the user.”

The head of the Fund expressed concern over the statements made by the Director of Macroeconomics at the Ministry of Economy, who announced in the media that there would be “zero spending” accountability.

For this reason, I declare that after Packing to take place on June 16thdo not exclude other measures because they realize that in this presentation of accounts “yes or yes, workers’ wages should be recovered, there should be more human resources and budget to improve working conditions and the quality of care provided…to the users”.