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Budget committee chief sees agreement with doctors within reach

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Cristina Villalba said the government and public-sector doctors are close to an agreement on a requested pay increase.
  • Budget discussions for 2027 also examined funds for pharmaceutical debts, medicine supplies, resource tracking and wage formalization.
  • Villalba said talks with the National Medical Union would continue and that any raise would be introduced gradually, with attention to training and specialization.

Paraguay’s bicameral budget committee chair, Cristina Villalba, said an agreement with public-sector doctors over their requested salary increase appears close.

Villalba said lawmakers met Economy Minister Oscar Lovera to seek a solution to the health-sector crisis through the 2027 General Budget. The discussions included allocating more money to pay pharmaceutical companies, improve medicine supplies and track public resources.

The proposed pay increase also featured prominently in the talks. Villalba said negotiations remained open on both sides and that she expected to meet the National Medical Union, Sinamed, the following day.

This salary improvement proposal is about to be resolved. There is openness, and dialogue between the government and the medical sector is not being closed.

· Cristina VillalbaThe lawmaker described the state of negotiations over a pay increase for public-sector doctors.

“This salary improvement proposal is about to be resolved. There is openness, and dialogue between the government and the medical sector is not being closed,” Villalba said.

She said the increase would be introduced gradually from 2027, with a focus on medical training and specialization. The Health Ministry’s budget would also include funding to formalize wages, allowing professionals who passed competency exams and appear on the selected list to gain direct access to positions.

This proposal will be worked on gradually, taking into account medical training and specialization. That is where the solution lies.

· Cristina VillalbaVillalba explained how the proposed salary increase could be phased in from 2027.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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