In this context, the Asociación de Profesionales y Técnicos (APyT) has called for an open town hall meeting this Thursday, the 13th, with the aim of 'strengthening unity' against the labor reform and the changes to the pension system promoted by the National Government, and now to repudiate this action.
According to Noticias Argentinas, this meeting will be held in the institution's central hall (Combate de los Pozos 1881) with both in-person and virtual participation. They have invited trade union, social, and human rights organizations, retirees, the disability community, journalists, communicators, press photographers, university students, and others.
This individual, who is not a pediatrician and was trained at the military hospital Cosme Argerich, never accepted receiving representatives from APyT or other organizations that led the protest.
'In the face of new announcements of labor and pension reforms' promoted by the National Government.
Meanwhile, Lezana, in addition to inviting the public to participate in the town hall, stated that this attack against her is 'ridiculous, unfounded, and unheard of'.
Administrative investigations are an extreme tool to sanction personnel with suspensions and even dismissals.
The interim director of the Garrahan Hospital, Mariano Pirozzo, sanctioned several workers, including the general secretary of the Asociación de Profesionales y Técnicos (APyT), Norma Lezana. He initiated administrative proceedings against them, accusing them of 'coercion, resistance to authority, and usurpation'.
In statements to Noticias Argentinas, members of the Garrahan Hospital's health team described this situation as 'extremely serious' and condemned the official appointed by the Minister of Health of the Nation, Mario Lugones, in July of this year.
'After receiving a 61% salary increase following months of struggle, Pirozzo has just initiated administrative proceedings against Norma (Lezana) and other workers, accusing them of coercion, resistance to authority, and usurpation due to the protests that took place at the hospital. Evidently, having to admit, after denying it for almost a year, that we were right, is now compounded by this incredible retaliation: they are accusing us of almost being terrorists for demanding to be received by the hospital's management. Honestly, if these gentlemen think they are going to intimidate us or that we are going to sit with our arms crossed, they have once again shown that they have understood absolutely nothing,' he concluded.
'Frankly, from Lugones and Pirozzo, we expect anything, it doesn't surprise us.'
