Thousands of healthcare workers and patients marched through Mexico City on Tuesday (October 13) to demand higher salaries, increased staffing, and an immediate solution to shortages of medicine and equipment in the public health system.
Demonstrators marched along Paseo de la Reforma toward the headquarters of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), carrying protest signs and a giant figure representing a medical doctor.
Staff from IMSS and the IMSS-Bienestar system stated that chronic underfunding, hospital saturation, and unfulfilled labor rights prevented medical personnel from providing adequate care.
Insured patients also took part in the march, warning that salary improvements for medical workers must come with more humane and dignified treatment for individuals seeking specialized care.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledged unresolved labor demands, pledging to regularize contracts for healthcare personnel recruited during the COVID-19 pandemic while rejecting claims that the public health system was in a state of absolute crisis.
The demonstration took place ahead of a union consultation regarding proposed wage increases, according to organizers, amid a broader wave of protests by medical personnel across the country.
(Source: Reuters)
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