Huge solidarity at the Hospital de Cliniques. The engines are warming up for the university march.

Doctors, students, teachers and patients placed a “symbol of solidarity” in front of the doors of the Hospital de Clínicas due to budget cuts imposed by the government of Xavier Miley and threatening the functioning of national universities. ,

In various faculties of the UBA – as well as in other national universities – actions have been carried out these days before the march called for next April 23: public classes, hugs, flag waving and more.

Also this Monday, the UBA Treasury Secretariat resolved to switch off lights in common areas and restrict the use of elevators at its various headquarters to reduce costs.

At 10 in the morning, at 235 Avenida Córdoba, various actors from the Medical School began to claim where they demanded to “be heard”.

In the last few hours, it was announced that the Hospital de Clinicas had to reduce its activity by 40% due to the increase in dispensable elements such as supplies, medicines, disposables, equipment maintenance and equipment insurance.

“We reduced activity and started treating only fractures, infections and oncology. We reduced hospital operations by 30% or 40%, but even with that level of operations we could not cope with those expenses. Can,” confirmed director Marcelo Melo. Center in communication through radio media.

“Our budget is stuck with INDEC inflation of 270%, but drug inflation is 1,000%.

Last year we held four-monthly tenders to purchase medicines and 4 or 5 billion pesos were spent for a four-month period. Now it has increased by 1,000%,” he explained.