Students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Rosario (UNR) ask to return to practices in hospitals and health centers to be able to complete, receive and join the health system at a time when the infections by coronavirus grows in Rosario and in the province. They claim that the authorities do not give them answers and They are looking for the title to be able to join as soon as possible to help their colleagues already received.
The practices consist of rotations between hospitals and health centers, once all the subjects of the degree had been performed well, as prior to obtaining the title.
The student Sofía Aguirre told The capital that are in a gray area, since They are not allowed to do the internships and, thus, they cannot advance to finish the degree, have the title and be able to work.
“We took all the subjects last year and we started this year with the compulsory practices (they last nine months) to validate the title. But it took hold of us. pandemic“said Sofía, who is from Venado Tuerto.
Therefore, they have not been able to return to the effectors for five months and, he assured, no one gives them an answer despite the fact that they have already spoken with the dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, with the board of directors of the faculty, with the rector of the UNR and with the provincial Ministry of Health.
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About that, Sofia said: “They are delaying us. We cannot work on what we study and what we already received because we do not have a medical degree yet“.
“They tell us that the effectors are the main sources of contagion and that they cannot send us there, instead of creating a protocol like it was created for bars and businesses, and giving us protective equipment“He added, who had his first assigned internships at the Alberdi hospital and at the San Martín polyclinic, all canceled.
Even, Sofía said that they proposed to use the simulation hospital that was inaugurated in May 2018. But they were also prevented from using it because they did not have the protocols necessary.
“We want to work on what we have studied for so many years and nobody makes a decision for us”, said Sofía.
Unique opportunity, wasted
Estefanía Botazzi worked in a bar as a waitress until April, when the store closed due to the pandemic. Now, the medical student can not resume the practices to graduate. Told that “Since June they say they have to make protocols, but they are not moving forward”.
“Work was enough to support me with my partner. My mother offered to help me, but my father belongs to the risk group and cannot be exposed, so the income from my father’s house decreased. They are getting into debt with other things so I can juggle the bills“, said.
Student He spoke of the effort they are making, and affirmed that those who have to take the final step so that they can do the practices and join the health system “do not see it or do not care.. They leave us in a nebula. “
With this delay, Estefanía remarked on the historical learning opportunity that they lose: “In this pandemic a lot can be learned and they are denying us that. Many of us want to do something, because precisely the entire medical population is saturated and we cannot turn a deaf ear”.
“Is a unsustainable situation. That they waste our time is a mockery. They are losing us, after so much effort we put in to reach these instances, “he added.
Stay or return
The uncertainty is another factor of the students. This is the case of Maxi Golemmo, a native of Azul (Buenos Aires), 500 kilometers from Rosario. its The main idea was to do the internship here and go to do the residency in La Plata, but now he is seeing whether or not to renew the rental contract in November because he doesn’t know what’s going to happen.
“I was doing my practices at the Roldán hospital and at Roque Sáenz Peña, but they were cut off when the pandemic began. They told us that after 15 days everything was going to start again, time passed and nothing“he explained.
Maxi is supported, as best as they can, by his parents. It is something that becomes “more and more difficult”, and He mentioned that the same thing happens to other colleagues: “Many lost their jobs and have to bank a rental and tax structure”.
“We have been without answers for almost six months. We are around 300 people who have already completed the last final and we only have practices to receive the title. We ask to be able to do the practices to learn, to be able to face the pandemic and what comes in the future, which is not very far, “he concluded.
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