News of professionals

Government boosts mental health budget in wake of pandemic

26-04-2022 10:56 President Alberto Fernández unveils new ‘National Mental Health Strategy’ with Health Minister Carla Vizzotti. Funding to be doubled, with more focus on training of professionals and care.

WORK & CULTURE

Latin America's IT brain drain a regional challenge

23-03-2022 14:45 In Latin America, like elsewhere, demand for software engineers, developers and programmers has exploded. But companies face an "enormous" deficit in skilled IT professionals, according to experts.

Coronavirus pandemic

Doctors, nurses struggle on as Argentina nears 100,000 fatalities

09-07-2021 22:10 Argentina has recorded more than 4.6 million infections and 98,000 deaths from Covid-19. Doctors and nurses are fighting relentlessly to save lives, but inside the frenzied corridors of the nation’s hospitals, staff say they’re exhausted.

DEMONSTRATION

Nurses, health workers protest for improved pay, working conditions

13-05-2021 02:26 Healthcare professionals, working round the clock to tackle the impact of Covid-19 second wave, take to the streets calling for improved pay and working conditions.

Coronavirus pandemic

Nurses in Buenos Aires protest for professional recognition

22-10-2020 22:39 Hundreds of nurses and surgical assistants in the capital marched on Wednesday to press for pay increases, professional recognition and improved working conditions in the teeth of the Covid-19 pandemic.

CLASHES WITH POLICE

Protesting nurses wounded in clashes with City Police

22-09-2020 09:16 Police officers clashed with protesting nurses outside the Buenos Aires City Legislature on Monday, with a number of demonstrators walking away wounded.

Coronavirus pandemic

Virus crisis forces distance learning on Argentina's student doctors

10-09-2020 08:42 Thousands of students from the faculty of medicine at the University of Buenos Aires have been studying virtually since educational institutions were shut down in Argentina in March.

Coronavirus pandemic

Healthcare workers warn intensive care specialists are 'overloaded'

04-09-2020 16:29 President of Argentine Society for Intensive Therapy warns that staffing levels in ICUs nationwide are "collapsed," with specialists thin on the ground and vulnerable to the virus.

Coronavirus pandemic

Hospital staff demand greater support as they remember fallen co-workers

19-08-2020 22:14 Employees at Durand Hospital in the capital demand greater support and better working conditions, as they pay tribute to their health-worker colleagues who died from the novel coronavirus after being infected in the line of duty.