Caregivers are kicked to have protected protesters.

This is about eight doctors and several nurses who were fired Friday from a public hospital in the city of Leon, in western Nicaragua.

The AP News Agency received documents, signed by the head of the hospital, confirming that the staff had been fired. However, for some reason, some reasons do not indicate that they have treated patients who participated in protests against the government and President Daniel Ortega.

– Our crimes are that we took care of those who were injured or, in a way, we supported the demonstrations. Those who demanded democracy, freedom and justice, says Javier Pastora Membreno in AP.

He worked as a surgeon-in-chief at León Hospital for over 30 years before receiving the message that he had been fired on Friday.

According to some reports opponents of the government were reportedly denied treatment in public hospitals for several weeks, which is disputed by President Ortega and his government.

The country's health minister, Sonia Castro, said that Nicaragua's health system "never excluded anyone from treatment," according to AP.

During Friday, several demonstrations took place in front of the León hospital. About 100 people gathered and demanded that the hospital management withdraw its decision. Among the Protestants were some of the dismissed staff members, including former chief surgeon Javier Pastora Membreno.

– I do not know if the authorities understand what this means for the capacity of care and for the education of doctors, he said during the demonstration, according to AP.

Among the deceased, there are doctors specializing in childhood diseases, infectious diseases, surgery and oncology.

The cancer surgeon Aaron Delgado says that he was informed that he had been fired during an operation.

– They did not even let me finish, he said.

More than 300 people, mostly Protestants and civilians, have been killed and thousands injured since protests against the Nicaraguan government began.

The beginning of the demonstrations was a reform of the pension system. President Daniel Ortega has put security barriers in place to stop protests and in recent months attacks against protesters have been put in place.

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