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Osakidetza doctors have started two days of strike to demand their own status
Some 9,000 professionals are called to unemployment today and tomorrow. There will also be mobilizations in several hospitals in Hego Euskal Herria.
Influenza hospitalizations drop by more than 30% in the CSC
Since the start of the campaign, a total of 17,465 cases of influenza have been recorded in Osakidetza hospitals, with 2,274 hospitalizations and 74 ICU income.
Flu cases in the Basque Country have increased by 4% in the week following the Christmas celebrations
Libe, the first child in the Basque Country in 2026, was born at 02:43 in the hospital in Mendaro
Pending confirmation from other hospitals, the first New Year's baby is Guipuzcoan, as it was last year, and the second is Xalo, born at 07:11 at the Alto Deba Hospital in Gipuzkoa.
19.4% of the doctors on the morning shift have joined the third day of strike, according to Osakidetza
The follow-up is therefore similar to that on Wednesday in the same shift (19.02%) and somewhat higher than on Tuesday (17.26%). At noon, dozens of health workers concentrated at the gates of the Txagorritxu Hospital in Vitoria-Gasteiz to claim their own status.
The Medical Union of the Basque Country will begin four strike days on Tuesday, calling for a statute of its own
The Medical Union of the Basque Country shall strike against the draft Framework Statute. In the face of negotiations, a Statute of its own has been promulgated, which alone may reflect the specific characteristics of the profession and defend a specific regulation.
A friend has been hospitalized in Vitoria-Gasteiz for a skateboard explosion and smoke inhalation
The vehicle exploded inside a premises, from which the owners removed the battery and sprayed it with a fire extinguisher before the fire brigade arrived.
Doctors take to the streets against the draft Framework Statute
Doctors demand a table of their own to negotiate working conditions. "We want to design and negotiate, because we have almost zero representation at that negotiating table," said Ana Santorcuato, representative of the Medical Union of the Basque Country.
Vitoria remembers the 1,580 health workers killed by Israel in Gaza
According to Médecins sans Frontières, 1580 health professionals have been killed in the attacks by Netanyahu's army on hospitals, clinics, and emergency and rescue teams.
AP-1 has been cut off in Eskoriatza in the Vitoria-Gasteiz sense following a collision between a van and a truck
The accident took place at 08:50. Health personnel who approached the site had to take care of the driver of the van, eta was taken to Txagorritxu Hospital.
Osakidetza will offer 173 difficult Primary Care places, 30 more than planned
The Department of Health has reported that the Hselection process will be resolved in July sothat "professionals can start working in health centres as soon as possible".
EH Bildu believes that "it is time to show the commitment" of the Basque Government to close the Health Pact
According to the abertzale coalition, "this is a crucial moment to strengthen the Basque health service" and "turn the privatizing dynamic around." That is why EH Bildu has asked the Basque Government to be "firmly" involved, as well as the PNV and the PSE-EE.
In the ACV last year there were 12,937 births, 3.8 fewer than in 2023, and the lowest number since 1975
Álava is the territory with the largest decrease in births, with 5.5 per cent fewer births, to 2,094; in Bizkaia there were 6,421 births, or 3.7 per cent less, and in Gipuzkoa there were 4,422 births, or 3.2 per cent less.