ELA, LAB, CCOO, UGT and SATSE have called to mobilize in Bilbao, San Sebastián and Vitoria-Gasteiz, starting at 12:00 hours. Osakidetza staff will take to the streets to denounce the “collapse” of Primary Care and the “overload” in hospitals.
Unions SATSE, ELA, LAB, CC. YES. and UGT They have called, for Sunday January 23, demonstrations in Bilbao, San Sebastián and Vitoria-Gasteiz to denounce the situation of “collapse” of Primary Care and the overload of hospital care, and demand immediate measures to address this situation.
Therefore, they will carry out demonstrations at the 12:00 hours in Bilbao (Sagrado Corazón), Donostia (Boulevard) and Vitoria-Gasteiz (Plaza de la Virgen Blanca).
In the words of the convening unions, the public health situation is not a consequence of the pandemic. In his opinion, the crisis caused by the coronavirus has aggravated a situation that is structural Y What is it pre-pandemic.
They have denounced that Osakidetza is facing the sixth wave of coronavirus “with a flagrant lack of means, organization and planning”. In this context, they have stressed that just two months ago Osakidetza decided to do without 4000 professionals, that a few days ago the resident staff were required to work for free; that the temporary employment rate is almost 60%; that the vaccination and tracking teams have been dismantled; that leaves, vacations and other absences are not substituted or that it has been decided to restrict the hours of Primary Care centers.
Likewise, they have made it clear that hospitals they show a significant increase in the workload derived from the “collapse” of Primary Care.
However, the unions do not believe that the Basque Government is taking steps to deal with this situation.
In addition to the Osakidetza staff, the unions are calling on citizens to participate in the demonstrations.
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– ELA union #ActivateGetCare (@ELASyndicate) January 5, 2022
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