The strike is having a "major impact" on Osakidetza, according to trade unions
Today's strike has been called by SATSE, ELA, LAB, CCOO and UGT to demand better working conditions for all workers. The Basque Medical Union has been excluded from this call by concluding an exclusive agreement for doctors with the Department of Health.
Osakidetza's strike is having a "major impact "on hospitals, health centers and health services, trade union sources have reported.
Today's strike has been called by SATSE, ELA, LAB, CCOO and UGT to demand job improvements for all workers. Euskadi Medical Union (SME) has been excluded from this call, which concluded an exclusive agreement for doctors with the Department of Health.
Sources from the convening power stations have indicated that "multiple services are closed, consultations are being held without regular activity "and that" there is strong monitoring among nursing and other health professionals ".
Hospital care has indicated that in the case of Álava the strike has a greater impact onexternal paediatric consultations and the extraction service of the Txagorritxu Hospital, among others, as well as operating rooms of the Santiago Hospital.
Similarly, at Donostia University Hospital , 75-80% of external consultations have no nursing staff.Withregard to primary care , according to the unions, in some outpatient clinics such as San Martin and Zabalgana, all administrative and nursing staff support the strike.