News of professionals

Nurses in Buenos Aires protest for professional recognition

22-10-2020 22:39 Hundreds of nurses and surgical assistants in the capital marched on Wednesday to press for pay increases, professional recognition and improved working conditions in the teeth of the Covid-19 pandemic.

CLASHES WITH POLICE

Protesting nurses wounded in clashes with City Police

22-09-2020 09:16 Police officers clashed with protesting nurses outside the Buenos Aires City Legislature on Monday, with a number of demonstrators walking away wounded.

Coronavirus pandemic

Virus crisis forces distance learning on Argentina's student doctors

10-09-2020 08:42 Thousands of students from the faculty of medicine at the University of Buenos Aires have been studying virtually since educational institutions were shut down in Argentina in March.

Coronavirus pandemic

Healthcare workers warn intensive care specialists are 'overloaded'

04-09-2020 16:29 President of Argentine Society for Intensive Therapy warns that staffing levels in ICUs nationwide are "collapsed," with specialists thin on the ground and vulnerable to the virus.

Coronavirus pandemic

Hospital staff demand greater support as they remember fallen co-workers

19-08-2020 22:14 Employees at Durand Hospital in the capital demand greater support and better working conditions, as they pay tribute to their health-worker colleagues who died from the novel coronavirus after being infected in the line of duty.

Coronavirus pandemic

14% of those infected with Covid-19 in Argentina are healthcare professionals

17-04-2020 11:59 Health Access Secretary Carla Vizzotti reveals 374 health workers have been infected with the novel coronavirus, with three fatalities among them.

CHUBUT DEBT CRISIS

No end in sight to Chubut’s debt crisis as workers pay price

12-10-2019 11:23 Driven by crushing provincial debt and economic mismanagement, public workers in Chubut are on strike as they face the second so-called “staggered pay” situation in two years.

by Lucas Robinson