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🇵🇾 Paraguay /Health & Science

Neonatologists at San Pablo Hospital submit resignations to Health Ministry

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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

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  • Twenty-five neonatologists at San Pablo Mother and Child Hospital submitted their resignations to Paraguay’s Health Ministry on Wednesday.
  • A representative said the resignations account for more than 60% of doctors in the critical-care area and 70% of the neonatology department’s staffing links.
  • The move comes during an escalating dispute between doctors and the government over demands for updated remuneration.

Twenty-five neonatologists working at San Pablo Mother and Child Hospital submitted their resignations to Paraguay’s Health Ministry on Wednesday.

Rosanna Fonseca, a pediatrician and neonatologist representing the professionals, delivered the resignations to the ministry. She said the departing doctors account for more than 60% of physicians working in the hospital’s critical-care area and represent 70% of the staffing links in its neonatology department.

“We are submitting the resignations of doctors from San Pablo Hospital, as we committed to do as part of the escalation of the union struggle. A little more than 60% of the doctors working in the critical-care area are resigning, representing 70% of the staffing links in the San Pablo Hospital Neonatology Department,” Fonseca said.

The resignations come as a dispute between the medical profession and the government continues to escalate. Doctors are demanding updated remuneration, while the government has refused to yield to the claim.

We are submitting the resignations of doctors from San Pablo Hospital, as we committed to do as part of the escalation of the union struggle. A little more than 60% of the doctors working in the critical-care area are resigning, representing 70% of the staffing links in the San Pablo Hospital Neonatology Department.

— Rosanna FonsecaThe pediatrician and neonatologist represented the doctors who submitted their resignations to the Health Ministry.
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