Hospital Doctors and Health Workers Launch 48-Hour Strike in Greece
Hospital doctors across Greece have started a 48-hour strike Thursday, demanding increased pay and better staffing for the struggling public health system. The Federation of Hospital Doctors’ Unions (OENGE) called the strike, which will include a rally outside the Health Ministry in Athens on Friday.
“The mobilization marks an escalation and a response to attempts to sugarcoat reality,” said OENGE President Yiannis Galanopoulos. “They portray us as a minority of ‘miserable’ people who complain for no reason. But it’s not our attitude that’s miserable – it’s the reality we experience every day in the hospitals.”
Wider Participation and Worker Protests
Employees of public hospitals are also joining the nationwide walkout, planning a march from Mavili Square to the prime minister’s office and Parliament.
“Patients suffer and their lives are at risk due to systemic inadequacies,” stated the hospital workers’ federation POEDIN. They emphasized that “despite modern equipment, there are not enough hands to operate it.”
Private Medical Labs Join Protests
Separately, private medical laboratories across Greece will close on Friday in protest against the clawback funding mechanism.
Summary
The ongoing strike highlights critical staffing and pay issues in Greece’s public health system, with widespread participation from hospital doctors, health workers, and private labs demanding urgent reforms.
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