During the protest, specialists only attend emergencies, while angioplasties and stent placements were halted.

The doctors demand a meeting with government authorities and a response to the existing crisis and insurance increases.

Recently, the CACI declared a state of emergency and warned that the sector is going through a “perfect storm due to the combination of practically non-existent professional fees due to the inflationary deterioration and the exponential increase in the cost of supplies, aspects that threaten the execution of a safe medical practice.”

The College also reported that social works and prepaid medicine increasingly delay the delivery of resources, which subjects patients to greater risk due to the delay in their treatment.

The CACI reminded that the work of specialists in the area saves 200,000 lives each year and warned that, if the current crisis persists, mortality will increase in Argentina.

The cardiologists indicated that, if there is no response, the measure of force will increase and reach a point where there will be an irreversible deterioration of the specialty.

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