The strike will be accompanied by mobilizations, in particular from the Ministry of Public Health to the Executive Tower, headquarters of the Presidency of the Republic, in the center of the capital.

The secretary general of the FUS, Marcos Franco, explained that together with private health users they drew up a document with a vision on the National Integrated Health System.

“The difficulties of our users, have been also experienced by the workers,” he said.

He mentioned the waiting times for medical attention, the value of medicines and other problems.

In this document we drew up, by consensus, a vision that we have about the system, the existing challenges and the pertinent changes, the general secretary pointed out.

The FUS board met the day before with Yamandú Orsi, presidential candidate for the October 27 national elections.

The union wants to make its position known to all the presidential candidates for the October 27 national elections.

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