SANTIAGO DE CUBA, August 23 (Luis Alberto Rivera, APLO) – Health ministry officials in Santiago de Cuba fired Dr. Adrián Rodríguez Noa for wearing a black armband over his lab coat at work.
Rodríguez started wearing the armband a few weeks back in silent protest over a ministerial regulation designed to prevent physicians and other health professionals from legally emigrating.
Dr. Rodríguez said that on August 14 he was called to the administrative office of the Camilo Torres polyclinic where he worked and, once there, Dr. Fernando Liy, the director of the facility, and Dr. Maritza Ramos, the municipal director of Health, told him that he was fired for "having
violated medical ethics and for wearing an unauthorized accessory over his lab coat."
Rodríguez refused to sign the official order, No. 21/2000, which provided for his firing. APLO obtained a copy of the order, the text of which follows:
Official Order No.21/ 2000
WHEREAS: [Establishes authority for and legality of the order]
WHEREAS: [Establishes procedural legality of order]
WHEREAS: Worker Adrián Elías Rodríguez Noa, who holds the post of physician with other duties, that is, physician with duties additional to his specialty in General Medicine, whose labor dossier No. is 66101023428, who lives at 564A Trocha Street, upstairs, between Santa
Rosa and 12 de Agosto Streets, whose monthly salary is 355 pesos, committed transgressions against labor discipline as stipulated in clauses I and T of Law 113, specifically:
WHEREAS: On July 19, 2000, at 9 a.m., the Administration of the Center [the polyclinic] was notified that worker Adrián Elías Rodríguez Noa was improperly wearing his lab coat at his post and during his scheduled working hours, by wearing an unauthorized accessory (black
armband), immediately the Administration of the Center and the Directorate of Health of District No. 2 "26th of July" notified the said worker that he could not wear that accessory with his uniform, since it goes against the principles of Ethics, and he continued to wear it; committing the
second infraction, which is disobedience.
THEREFORE: Taking into account the nature of the transgression that has been committed, the circumstances, the gravity of the deed; it is necessary to correct the worker as a means of educating him and to maintain the discipline at the center.
THEREFORE: In use of the faculties upon me conferred I
RESOLVE
FIRST: To impose on the worker Adrián Elías Rodríguez Noa the disciplinary measure consisting of: DEFINITIVE SEPARATION FROM THE CENTER, as stipulated in clause b, article 4, of Law 113.
SECOND: The orders that impose disciplinary measures under the provisions of Law 113 may be appealed within a period of 10 working days following notice, in this case before the Provincial Director of Public Health, according to article 14 of Official Order 177-89.
THIRD: To set a term of 4 years for the rehabilitation of the sanctioned worker.
WHEREAS: Serve notice on the worker in the manner established by law and on as many persons as may have an interest.
Given in Santiago de Cuba, in the 9th day of the month of August of 2000.
Dr. Fernando Liy Díaz (signature and seal)
Director
(Below, handwritten in ink, there is a note that reads)
He refuses to sign
Labor Union: Lilian Area Rodríguez
Administration: Alberto Rodríguez Camejo
Date: 8-14-2000
(There are two signatures but the handwritng is the same)
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