Santiago and Madrid: a popular torrent in defense of public health
Thousands and thousands of people have taken to the streets in defense of a quality public health system. The national and regional governments throw the ball at each other. They are more concerned with the PSOE-PP electoral dispute than with solving social problems. It is necessary to coordinate the actions of the Autonomous Communities and the call for a general strike.
Santiago collapsed by a massive mobilization
About 50 a thousand people collapsed Santiago, A Coruña, in a demonstration against “budget cuts, applied by the successive governments of the Popular Party” and the “privatization” of the services. The action was called by the SOS Public Health platform, institutions, matches, unions and various Galician entities. This platform has presented a popular legislative initiative with thousands of signatures supporting a change in the model in primary care. In the autonomous community of Galicia, the complaint is addressed to the Board, chaired by Alfonso Rueda, (PPdeG).
Again thousands of people in the streets of Madrid
In November 2022, about 300 a thousand people packed the Plaza de Cibeles against the emergency plan of the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayuso (PP). And Sunday 12 February, a larger demonstration than the previous one has been held. Four columns full of doctors converged at Cibeles, nurses, sanitation workers and neighbors with signs reading: “healthcare is not for sale, defends himself”, “cuts kill”. The call has been made by 70 Neighborhood associations of the municipalities and neighborhoods of Madrid.
Crazy for patients and doctors
Such discomfort is due to the disastrous changes caused by Ayuso. Many municipal clinics do not have doctors, since they must go from town to town to cover extra-hospital emergencies. Y, when technicians go out to cover vital emergencies, are forced to go without a doctor. The shifts of the specialties can take months and the attention is deficient since, As there are few doctors, the consultations last a few minutes stipulated in advance. A true horror for both the patient and the entire healthcare team.
Who are the real culprits??
Budget cuts in health come from the year 2012, with the “snips” of Mariano Rajoy (PP) when he was president. Since then, until now, the situation has not been reversed, in fact, has gotten worse. President Pedro Sánchez blames the situation on the autonomous governments of the PP, whose presidents do the same with the government of the "progressive coalition" PSOE-Unidas Podemos. They are cynical, both are responsible for the deterioration of public health and the growth of privatizations that place health as a business. The only thing that worries them is the next elections.
Unite the demands and call a general strike
The union leaders of the majority centrals, UGT y CC. AND. demonstrate in favor of the claims and promote actions. But that is not enough. It is necessary to unite the claims of all the autonomous communities in a great national claim. And the call for a general strike in support of the demands of health workers and all sectors. With a specification that includes the full recovery of salary in the face of the advance of inflation, better working conditions and the most urgent workers' demands raised in the face of the crisis.
All the support to the claim in health
doctors, nurses, technicians and residents of Galicia and Madrid have set a great example to imitate everywhere. If they win, we all win. Quality public healthcare is an imperative need for the vast popular majority. you have to defend it, first, displaying active solidarity with ongoing struggles. The defense of the public, of wages, working conditions, rights and social conquests, are the tasks that the working class and the people have also taken into their hands in France, United Kingdom and other countries, how Peru, on the way that the crisis is paid for by the capitalists, as proposed by International Socialist League (LIS).
