A retiree doused himself with gasoline and threatened to set himself on fire at a PAMI headquarters in Córdoba

A retiree doused himself with gasoline and threatened to set himself on fire at a PAMI headquarters in Córdoba

December 5, 2024 – 13:37

An employee managed to quickly remove a lighter from him before tragedy occurred. The man was in a very nervous state and was taken to a sanatorium.

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After the demonstrations over the announced cut in medicines, a 70-year-old man sprayed himself with gasoline and tried to set himself on fire in a headquarters of PAMI in Cordova. This happened while I was trying to make a procedure for requesting some medications. In dialogue with ScopeFrom the organization they maintained that the man has “100% guaranteed coverage without costs.”

What PAMI said about the retiree who tried to set himself on fire

“The member suffered a nervous breakdown and was admitted to the UGL Córdoba. We do not know the reasons for this situationsince currently, “He is under chronic treatment with 100% coverage guaranteed by law, at no cost to him.”stated the entity.

Furthermore, they detailed that “On December 4, his medication was approvedso there is no reason to affirm that it was not authorized or delivered.” “At PAMI we are available to him and his family to provide care and support. in this difficult moment that you are going through,” they concluded.

A retiree tried to set himself on fire at a PAMI headquarters

The man was assisted by doctors and transferred to a sanatorium for further care, according to what was learned from a mobile phone. C5N. Apparently, The retiree had a problem with a piece of paper and was disabled to do the procedure I needed.

According to PAMI employees, the man had ingested some fuel and a worker managed to quickly remove a lighter from him before a tragedy occurred.

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The man was in a great state of nerves, as detailed.

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Retirees marched throughout the country against PAMI’s medication cuts

Thousands of retirees throughout the country marched this Wednesday in front of the PAMI headquarters in protest against the Government’s measure to cut the delivery of free medicines. The epicenter of the protests took place in CABA from the social work headquarters, located at 600 Corrientes Avenue, to Congress.

The protest was called by the organization Retired Insurgents for “the Immediate restitution of all canceled medications for this government that condemned to hunger and misery to the entire working class, and to the genocide of retirees,” as detailed in the official statement.


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