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MADRID, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Spanish health workers are protesting the destruction of the public health system by a conservative regional government. protest as on Sunday in Madrid protest held an action.
Madrid government in recent years, especially 2020Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2018, hospitals and primary health care centers have been the target of criticism for poor staffing. Protesters say it undermines public health services and favors private health providers.
Lilian Ramis, 61, a matron at the El Molar health center in Madrid, told Reuters: “Instead of increasing our salaries, they cut them. We are out of work and have no support. We are facing the threat of extinction.”
Demonstrators filled Plaza Cibeles in the center of the city, chanting slogans and waving flags. One of the demonstrators displayed a giant model of the right-wing leader of the Madrid regional government, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, with a Pinocchio-like nose.
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Spain’s regional governments have been devolved to the country political is responsible for a large part of the health budget as part of the system.
A regional government spokesman put the number of marchers in the central streets of Madrid at 250,000, and the organizers at around 1 million.
Ayuso denies accusations that his administration dismantled public health services in favor of the private sector.
“We all believe in public health,” he said on Twitter on Saturday.
Thousands of medical workers also demonstrated in the northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Sunday, calling for the protection of the public health system. Police 20 He said that thousands of people came to the streets.
In November, tens of thousands of people from Madrid to support health workers calling for better working conditions march spent
Reporting by Graham Kiley, Elena Rodriguez, Michael Gore and Violeta Santos; Edited by Hugh Lawson
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2023-02-12 22:10:11
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