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Sinamed Officially Announces New National Doctors’ Strike for This Month

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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

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  • Paraguay’s National Medical Union, Sinamed, notified the Labor Ministry of a nationwide doctors’ strike scheduled for Sept. 21 and 22, 2026.
  • The 48-hour action would run continuously from midnight on Sept. 21 through 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 22.
  • Sinamed leader Rossana González said the union’s goal was to resolve the dispute through negotiations rather than strike.

Paraguay’s National Medical Union, Sinamed, has formally notified the Labor Ministry of a new nationwide doctors’ strike scheduled for Sept. 21 and 22.

Our goal is not to go on strike.

· Rossana GonzálezThe Sinamed leader said the union wanted negotiations to resolve the dispute.

The planned action would last 48 uninterrupted hours, beginning at midnight on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Sinamed submitted the declaration to the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security on Tuesday.

“We are making it official for an important reason; we have deadlines to meet. This is to open a channel, one that is already open, but a more official channel to negotiate with the Labor Ministry as an intermediary,” said Rossana González, the union’s leader.

We are making it official for an important reason; we have deadlines to meet. This is to open a channel, one that is already open, but a more official channel to negotiate with the Labor Ministry as an intermediary.

· Rossana GonzálezGonzález explained why Sinamed formally notified the Labor Ministry of the planned action.

She added: “Our goal is not to go on strike, but for this problem to be resolved.” The article described the story as developing.

Our goal is not to go on strike, but for this problem to be resolved.

· Rossana GonzálezShe emphasized that the union’s preferred outcome was a resolution rather than industrial action.
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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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