The national senator for the UCR Martin Lousteau questioned the closure of the Bonaparte Hospitaldecided by the government of Javier Milei. “Patients are not mere objects to be referred in a ‘restructuring plan’ as the Ministry of Health says,” he stated.
The president of the UCR published on his social network X: “Everyone goes through complex situations. and part of their recovery is based on the stability and comprehensive work of the team that accompanies them in the Hospital.” and continued: “My greatest solidarity with the doctors, nurses, patients and health personnel who work tirelessly to provide quality service.”
For the Buenos Aires senator, “nothing justifies the abrupt closure of the Laura Bonaparte National Hospitalan institution that has been accompanying patients and families for more than 100 years in an area as important as mental health.”
About the University Budget Law
The official has already spoken about government measures, such as the veto of the University Budget Law. After the announcement of Executive to veto the rule, Lousteau called Javier Milei of “ridiculous and hypocritical”pointing out that “the President defunds, suffocates, attacks and discredits universities.”
The Government began the closure of the Laura Bonaparte National Mental Health Hospital
The workers of the Laura Bonaparte National Mental Health Hospital denounced this Friday that the The Government decided to close the hospitalization service of the health center, as well as the guard. So far this year, more than 25,000 people have been treated at the site.
Sources of Ministry of Health informed Ámbito that they began the closure processclarifying that since the beginning of the management “We worked on the normalization of the Hospital as a result of underutilization based on its capacity.”
Under this line, they indicated that the institution receives a budget of $16.8 billion and has a very low occupancyof about 30 patients. In addition, they detailed that the rate of average hospitalized patients in the hospital is between 16 and 19, something that the ministry considers “very low than expected of a mental health hospital with general services, considering the building dimensions, and the amount of human resources assigned to care and administration.”
Another important focus in addition to layoffs is the situation of patients who are admitted to the hospitalsince they depend on the Government, and would be left without treatment. So far this year, they highlighted that “care has been provided to more than 25 thousand people in these last few months alone.”
However, from the Ministry of Health They clarified that hospitalized patients will not be affectedsince they will be referred to other institutions dependent on the organization, as well as outpatient clinics. These establishments will be within the radius of the community and the jurisdictions to which the patients belong.
Source: Ambito
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