Mexico's Doctors and Nurses Protest Shortage of PPE Provisions

Strikes

Last Wednesday, a group of health workers congregated at a Puebla hospital to lob complaints about the management. On his social media accounts, Rosales posted about the lack of equipment, preventive measures, and leadership on the health service of the system.

In fact, during the protest itself, the day of, punches were thrown between the staff and the officials.

Complaints were thrown at local health union leader Sergio Herrera Vázquez. Among the concerns were the inadequate equipment and irresponsible handling of infected hospital staff. Nurses raised the point that some of the officers were refusing to give PPE even at the heightened risk of the coronavirus. They claimed that even the 20% salary bonus was not enough to compensate for the risk they were taking.

At this point, there was absolute pandemonium. People filming the entire discussion were launched by security guards of the hospital, including a cameraman from TV station Imagen Televisión.

On that same day, Robledo was interviewed on television. He acknowledged the concerns of the health workers but insisted that most of the company's hospitals had more than enough medical supplies and equipment to go around.

Rosales said that should the response take more than a weekend, front line medical workers all across the country will go on a strike.

"We cannot continue like this, especially now as we enter phase three of the virus."