Doctors protesting with resignation letters outside San Antonio hospital amid crisis over director's ousting and appointment dispute.
Doctors protesting with resignation letters outside San Antonio hospital amid crisis over director's ousting and appointment dispute.
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Crisis en hospital de San Antonio por nombramiento de Jeanette Vega genera 22 renuncias

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El nombramiento de Jeanette Vega como subdirectora médica del Hospital Claudio Vicuña en San Antonio ha desatado una crisis, con el Servicio de Salud Valparaíso-San Antonio solicitando la renuncia de la directora Lorena Maturana y 22 médicos renunciando en su apoyo. El Partido por la Democracia (PPD) acusa al Partido Republicano de persecución política reminiscentes de 1973. Autoridades locales y del Ministerio de Salud cuestionan la designación sin consulta previa.

La designación de Jeanette Vega, exministra de Desarrollo Social del gobierno de Gabriel Boric, como subdirectora médica del Hospital Claudio Vicuña provocó críticas inmediatas. El Servicio de Salud Valparaíso-San Antonio (SSVSA) y el Ministerio de Salud indicaron no haber sido consultados. El director del SSVSA, Juan Castro, declaró a La Tercera: “Personalmente no avalo la decisión. Respeto a la doctora Vega desde el punto de vista profesional, pero creo que un error político”.

El SSVSA solicitó la renuncia no voluntaria de la directora Lorena Maturana, nombrada vía Alta Dirección Pública en 2022. Ximena Parada, designada subrogante, se negó a asumir, al igual que Alex Gómez y Mauricio Cortés. En respuesta, 22 médicos del hospital, incluyendo especialistas únicos, anunciaron su renuncia efectiva el 27 de abril, argumentando en una carta: “Los motivos no obedecen a argumentos técnicos, sino a una persecución política” y valorando la gestión de Maturana.

El PPD, partido de Vega, apuntó al Partido Republicano y al diputado Luis Sánchez, quien en redes sociales escribió: “Descabellado que el Hospital Claudio Vicuña nombre como subdirectora a una exministra de Boric renunciada por conversar con Llaitul”. El PPD calificó las acciones como “listas negras” y “espíritu de 1973, vestido de 2026”, defendiendo las credenciales de Vega como médica cirujana de la Universidad de Chile y doctora en Salud Pública.

Defensores como Ignacio de la Torre del Colegio Médico de Valparaíso y el exsubsecretario Bernardo Martorell destacaron su experiencia técnica. El senador Juan Luis Castro denunció discriminación política y evalúa intervenir.

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