- The president of the Oaxaca State Medical Arbitration Commission stated that undergraduate medical interns must cover 36 consecutive hours for compensation of 900 pesos fortnightly.
- Said document indicates that the amount mentioned is less than the equivalent of one day of the current minimum wage.
- In addition, they do not have a place to rest and for the protection of their belongings.
The president of the Political Coordination Board (Jucopo), Laura Estrada Mauro requested before the Congress of Oaxaca, the state Executive Power so that through the Ministry of Health and Health Services of Oaxaca (SSO) promptly attend to the requests required by the undergraduate medical staff (internal doctors) assigned to the Doctor Aurelio Valdivieso Civil Hospital.
In a statement from the last ordinary session of the Permanent Delegation, the coordinator of Morena, demanded that the competent authorities generate favorable responses, guaranteeing the human, labor and decent conditions in the workplaceas well as the corresponding benefits.
The proposal establishes that recently, in the Congress of Oaxaca, the president of the State Commission for Medical Arbitration of Oaxaca stated that undergraduate medical interns must cover 36 consecutive hoursfor compensation of 900 pesos fortnightly.
Said document indicates that the amount mentioned is less than the equivalent of one day of the current minimum wage. In addition, medical interns They do not have a place to rest and to safeguard their belongings.
As it is considered an urgent and obvious resolution, the congresswoman’s proposal will be reserved for the next ordinary period of sessions.
In this state of Mexico they ALREADY proposed reducing the days of medical residents
However, while in some states the demands by the medical union continue, some states in the country are already evaluating fair changes for them, such as reducing the hours of medical residents.
Faced with the possibility that their human rights are being violated, the Tamaulipas Congress analyzes the proposal to reduce the working hours of medical residentswhich could also prevent fatal negligence.
The PAN deputy –but who belongs to the PRI parliamentary group–, Angel of Jesus Covarrubias Villaverdeproposed to exhort the Congress of the Union to the effect that modifications be made in the labor and health legislation to ensure staff schedules are proportionate and dignified.
He stated that the purpose of the proposal is not to compromise the physical, emotional and mental stability of both doctors and patients.
“The days or shifts carried out by medical students or residents exceed 24 hours, we are facing a potential danger for the correct provision of health services,” warned the deputy.
He highlighted that the negligence could have a type of relationship with the fatigue of students in the health area.
“Unfortunately, we have all heard about the existence of many cases of alleged negligence, carelessness or accidents in medical processes and procedures, which range from a small scare to truly irreparable damage to patients or death,” he said.
He noted that these cases may be related to poor stress managementcrisis or simply due to exhaustion of health professionals.
Covarrubias explained that in Mexico the shifts of undergraduate interns are regulated, as well as the duration of the days of social service in the health areas, as well as the duration of the days of medical residences both in the Federal Labor Law cAs in various Official Mexican Standards.
“They are exhausting and violate the rights of health professionals,” he added.
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