Argentine protesters condemn Milei's healthcare funding cuts
Thousands of protesters marched in Buenos Aires and other Argentine cities against President Javier Milei's cuts to public healthcare funding. Hospital workers, unions and patient advocates said the squeeze on salaries and medicine supplies is putting basic services at risk and demanded an emergency reversal of the austerity measures.
The protests, called by hospital unions and patient-rights groups, brought crowds onto the central 9 de Julio avenue in Buenos Aires carrying 'Salud Pública Es Vida' banners. Demonstrators highlighted growing shortages of medicines, delayed wages and shrinking technical staffing across public hospitals over recent months.
The Milei government has cut federal health spending sharply this year, arguing the reductions are necessary to bring down inflation and restore fiscal balance. Authorities in Buenos Aires and several provincial governments said structural programmes are being dismantled and urged the federal authorities to deliver an emergency funding package.
Some protest groups said they were preparing further industrial action. Hospital union leaders warned that if mid-2026 budget revisions confirm deeper cuts they would call a nationwide 24-hour strike. The federal government did not announce any rollback and reiterated that the fiscal adjustment remains the priority.
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