The Government of Javier Milei strongly rejected the complaints of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) about an alleged lack of funding for their hospitals, and he assured that the items corresponding to the health function “are up to date”.
The Undersecretary of University Policies, Alejandro Álvarez, was responsible for sharing official data through his account on the social network X. There he said: “The
budgetary allocations allocated to the UBA for the 'health function' are up to date,” and he shared supporting documentation on the transfers and budgetary requests made by the university itself
.Along the same lines, during a radio interview, the official was emphatic in ruling out any non-compliance on the part of the Government: “For everyone to know, first of all, the national government has no delays in the transfer of budgetary funds. In other words, they are up to date.”
As Álvarez explained, the axis of the conflict lies in a confusion, or biased interpretation, between different budgetary items. “What corresponds to the health function was transferred. Two things are being confused here, which is why I say that the person responsible is Matías Ruiz, who does not explain, with obvious political intention, why they are proposing a dismissal opposition march next week
,” he said.The official pointed directly at the administrative secretary of the UBA, stating that “he is the person who should inform the doctors correctly.”
In that sense, he sought to separate health professionals from the conflict: “I understand that doctors don't have to know about budgetary and administrative issues, that's why I don't want to burden that.”
