Published February 12,2023
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Hundreds of 1000’s of Spain’s well being staff protested in Madrid on Sunday over what they are saying is the destruction of the general public well being system by the conservative regional authorities.
The Madrid authorities has been the goal of criticism lately, particularly because the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, over poor staffing in hospitals and first healthcare centres. Protesters say it’s dismantling public well being companies and favouring personal well being suppliers.
“They have cut our wages instead of raising them. We are overwhelmed with work and do not have any support. We are in danger of extinction,” Lilian Ramis, 61, a matron on the El Molar well being centre in Madrid, advised Reuters.
Demonstrators stuffed the Plaza Cibeles space within the metropolis centre, chanting and waving flags. One demonstrator sported an enormous mannequin of Isabel Diaz Ayuso, the right-wing chief of the Madrid regional authorities, with a Pinocchio-like nostril connected.
Regional governments in Spain are accountable for a big a part of the well being finances as a part of the nation’s devolved political system.
A regional authorities spokesman put the quantity of people that marched via the streets of central Madrid at 250,000 whereas organisers put it at nearer to 1 million.
Ayuso denies the accusation that her administration is dismantling public well being companies in favour of the personal sector.
“We all believe in public health,” she wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
Thousands of well being staff additionally demonstrated in Santiago de Compostela, in northwestern Spain on Sunday, calling for the preservation of the general public well being system. Police stated 20,000 took to the streets.
In November, tens of 1000’s of individuals marched via Madrid in assist of well being staff calling for higher working situations.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
