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Sinamed rejects new government proposal: “They are trying to divide the union”

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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

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  • Sinamed Secretary-General Rosanna González said the government did not formally present the union with a new salary proposal after meeting with medical groups.
  • Doctors who attended the meeting said the proposal would create a pay scale based on specialization and seniority, rather than limiting increases to specialists.
  • The dispute follows more than 600 reported medical resignations, while the Health Ministry has cited 270.

Sinamed says it has no new proposal from the government, despite a meeting where other medical representatives said officials presented an updated plan for salary increases. The union’s secretary-general, Rosanna González, called the meeting an attempt to split the medical profession.

Government officials met Monday with representatives of medical societies, including the Paraguayan Society of Pediatric Surgery, as well as Public Health Minister María Teresa Barán, Labor Minister Mónica Recalde and Economy Minister Óscar Lovera. The talks addressed doctors’ demand for a salary adjustment.

We were not invited to the meeting, so in short, we have no proposal. They are trying to divide the union, and they will not succeed. That is all I can say. We are more united than ever and convinced of what we are seeking.

· Rosanna GonzálezSinamed’s secretary-general criticized the government for meeting with medical societies without inviting the union.

Roberto Riveros, president of the pediatric surgery society, said the new proposal would establish a pay scale that considers medical specialization and years of service in the health system. The plan would therefore no longer be limited exclusively to specialists. The proposal came after more than 600 doctors submitted resignations, although the Health Ministry has referred to 270 resignations.

We are not extremists.

· Rosanna GonzálezGonzález rejected the characterization of the doctors’ position as extreme and said they remained open to dialogue.

González criticized the authorities for inviting medical societies while leaving Sinamed out. She said the union remained united and open to reviewing any proposal, but insisted that doctors must decide collectively in a union assembly. The union previously rejected a plan that offered an increase of 500,000 guaraníes every five years and an equalization payment of 400,000 guaraníes for contracted workers.

“We were not invited to the meeting, so in short, we have no proposal. They are trying to divide the union, and they will not succeed. That is all I can say. We are more united than ever and convinced of what we are seeking,” González said. She added that doctors were not extremists and wanted a salary adjustment for everyone, including through a scale if it respected the minimum increase they were seeking.

Our objective here is to adjust everyone’s salary.

· Rosanna GonzálezShe described the union’s central demand for a salary adjustment covering all doctors.
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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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