

Hospital Posadas. Following the announcement of more than 1,400 layoffs in the sector, workers from the Posadas Hospital and the Bonaparte Hospital, together with patients and social organizations, are intensifying their protests against the cuts by the Javier Milei government. They are demanding the reinstatement of those who were laid off, an end to the hollowing out of public health and the unity of the sectors in struggle.
Amid growing concern about the situation of public health in Argentina, workers and patients from the Posadas Hospital and the Laura Bonaparte National Hospital in Specialized Network for Mental Health and Addictions are mobilizing to resist the recent mass layoffs announced by the Javier Milei government. These measures, which affect more than 1,400 health professionals in various institutions, have generated a wave of protests and calls for unity in defense of essential health services.
Yesterday morning, the dismissed workers, together with the CICOP section of the Posadas Hospital and solidarity groups, gathered to demonstrate their willingness to continue the struggle in defense of public health and their jobs.
Agatha, one of the dismissed workers, said: “Thanks to the workers’ struggle and the enormous support of patients and the community, 23 reinstatements have been achieved so far and we remain on alert. The Milei government announced more than 1,400 dismissals in health at the beginning of January, but it met with great resistance, led by the Bonaparte Hospital, which in October managed to stop the closure of the only national mental health hospital. We are holding this meeting, showing the will to unify all the ongoing struggles. The unions have to leave the summer break and call for a plan of struggle.”
Laura Bogado, a member of the CICOP Posadas board of directors, said: “We were present at the Parque Lezama Assembly that called for the mobilization on Saturday, and we raised the need for this unity that we need to be expressed in Plaza de Mayo, with those of us who have been fighting against the attacks of the Milei government. In our hospital, it is also expressed in the emptying with the lack of medicines that must be guaranteed by the Gender Identity Law. That is why, in the patrol, patients are present denouncing this serious problem.”
Malvina, another of the dismissed workers, said: “On Friday, new contracts expire, and we are alert to prevent more dismissals. We will be present at the call of the Bonaparte Hospital and on Saturday we will mobilize from Congress to Plaza de Mayo, against the government’s attacks on women and the LGTBQ+ community, vulnerable sectors, which are also the most affected by the cuts in health. In other words, we must unite the struggles, to truly confront, and in the streets, the attacks.”
Critical situation at Bonaparte Hospital
The situation at Bonaparte Hospital is particularly critical. Following the dismissal of 200 professionals, representing a third of its staff, several services have been left without operation, putting the continuity of treatments and the comprehensive functioning of the hospital at risk.
The Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) presented a precautionary measure to prevent the reduction of staff, arguing that this situation seriously affects the right to life and health of patients.
These actions are part of a series of adjustment policies implemented by Milei’s government, which include the restructuring of various areas of the Ministry of Health and the intervention of Bonaparte Hospital. These measures have generated strong resistance from workers, patients and human rights organizations, who denounce the emptying of public health and demand the reinstatement of those dismissed.
The Posadas Hospital community, along with other sectors in struggle, continues to organize to face these challenges, with the conviction that unity and mobilization are fundamental to defend the right to public health and jobs.
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