The Government of Javier Milei decided to publicly display the debt that the Kirchnerist administration of the province of Buenos Aires owes to the Garrahan Children's Hospital, projecting it directly on the screens located in the waiting room of the pediatric center. The figure, which did not go unnoticed by patients, amounted to $5,709,019,984, according to official data.
The initiative seeks to highlight the magnitude of the payment delay maintained by the ultra-Kirchnerist governor Axel Kicillof, through the provincial health insurance IOMA, with the Children's Hospital.
La deuda de Kicillof en las pantallas.
This action comes after last week presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni revealed even more concerning figures about the financial situation of public health in the province of Buenos Aires. According to Adorni, Kicillof's administration keeps a total debt amounting to $425,086,287,451 with hospitals shared with the Nation. In this context, $5,709,019,984 specifically corresponds to Garrahan Hospital.
“These are data that reflect the absolute hypocrisy of those who voted for the disability emergency and march in the name of health, while owing money to the hospitals they claim to defend and clearly do not”, Adorni stated.
Axel Kicillof, gobernador bonaerense.
The display of the Kirchnerist government's debt on the Garrahan screens thus became a symbolic measure aimed at focusing attention on the financial situation and the responsibility of the province of Buenos Aires in sustaining the healthcare system.
Milei Government's investment
At the beginning of the month, the Milei Government presented images showing the deplorable condition in which Garrahan Hospital was found at the time of taking office. Consequently, it announced an investment of nearly 30,000 million pesos aimed at new equipment and expansion works, made possible by the efficiency in resource management of the new administration.
During a press conference, Adorni detailed that these funds will be allocated to the acquisition of a pediatric linear accelerator, unique in Latin America, which will allow more precise and less invasive treatment of children with cancer. There will also be investment in the expansion of the bone marrow transplant area, with the goal of enabling patients to receive complex treatments without having to travel abroad.
The investment will also include the reopening of four operating rooms, which will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology; the purchase of an ambulance; the renovation of 400 stretchers and wheelchairs, many with more than 30 years of use; as well as the acquisition of renal and hepatic perfusion machines and new equipment for sterilization, diagnostic imaging, pharmacy, and laboratory.
