MADRID — Tens of 1000’s of well being employees 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.
Dressed in white coats and banging drums, many chanted: “Cutting public health is criminal.”
The Madrid regional authorities, led by the Popular Party’s Isabel Ayuso, has come underneath hearth lately, particularly for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, for poor staffing in hospitals and first healthcare facilities.
Protesters say the regional authorities is dismantling public well being companies and favoring personal well being suppliers.
Dressed because the Grim Reaper and bearing a mock scythe, one protester held an indication studying, “I am Ayuso’s plan for the emergency ward.”
“We have about 40 or 50 patients per day and can give them about six minutes each. The problem is that they do not allow us to give proper care to patients,” Ana Encinas, 62, a health care provider who has labored in main care in Madrid for 37 years, informed Reuters.
Ayuso denies the accusation that her administration is dismantling public well being companies in favor of the personal sector and says the protests and strikes are being orchestrated by left-wing events within the run-up to municipal and regional elections this yr to undermine the conservative regional authorities.
In November, tens of 1000’s of individuals marched by means of central Madrid in help of well being employees calling for higher working circumstances. — Reuters
