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Over Half a Million March to SAVE Free Public Health system in Madrid
3 Nov 2022 David F Sabadell by El Salto translation thefreeonline
The citizens of Madrid rebel massively against the privatized policies of the regional government and corrupt destruction of the Health system by far right profiteers. The public response has been massive.
Attendance at the demonstration by Public Health this Sunday, November 13, has exceeded the forecasts of the calling groups and has overflowed the streets of Madrid, the result of a health rebellion against the privatization measures of the government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
The Government Delegation has encrypted attendance at more than 200,000 people, while the organization raises the figure to 670,000 people.
At the same time, concern among citizens escalated to overwhelm the initial forecasts for this Sunday’s demonstration.
80% of the new 24-hour emergency centers announced byAyuso opened without a doctor – El Salto –
The hasty and chaotic opening of the new Local Continuous Care Clinics (PAC) without sufficient staff, since 80 PACs were deployed with the staff of the 40 extinct Rural Care Services (SAR), has caused an indefinite strike called by the union AMYTS doctors, strikes promoted by the SUMMAT and MATS unions for all PAC personnel during weekends, and the resignations of doctors.
To this is added the abandonment of senior leaders of the Ministry of Health upon learning of the new plans for out-of-hospital emergencies.
Pedro Almodóvar in the march for Public Health. The organization highlights as key the call of actors and actresses to support the march in the last two weeks. byDavid F Sabadell
All this explains the massive response of citizens this Sunday. After 12:30, leaving Atocha station to go to the march was practically impossible, reports Susana Albarrán, from El Salto Madrid.
The four columns that would head towards Cibeles from Nuevos Ministerios, Ópera, Hospital de la Princesa and Atocha have converged on the Paseo del Prado, demonstrating the rejection of the people of Madrid for the health management of its president.White scarves, slogans for Public Health and requests for Ayuso to resign have been some of the messages.
13 November 2022 3A girl holds a banner for Public Health during the demonstration in Madrid. byDavid F Sabadell
Lola Barquero recalled that women are the ones who care the most and accompany them in health-related procedures.
“The unfair distribution of care tasks makes women suffer from the deficiencies of primary care”, she assured, to highlight the role of close care that primary care outpatient clinics represent. Barquero has reminded all the women who make Health possible —caretakers, cleaners—, who share with many women the consequences of precariousness.
She then spoke to Rebeca, a patient with persistent covid. “Trying to get healthy cannot depend on having enough money”, which in Madrid affects more than 200,000 people, she has said, with up to 200 different symptoms that become chronic and have no cure.
Demonstration Health 13 November 2022 4
The public response has been massive. David F Sabadell
Antonio Cabrera recalled that one of the consequences of the pandemic is the need for mental health care, given the lack of adequate resources and policies. Itziar Valero, meanwhile, has described the situation of rural emergencies and has been very critical of the regional government’s plan to implement telecare.
The organization has remembered the doctor Mar Noguerol, a medical doctor after recording a video of a protest at her health center. There has also been a warning about the health exclusion of migrants: the Health that citizenship has claimed is universal and no person should be deprived of it.
“This is historic”, assured the organization before concluding the march giving way to the Solfónica.
Manifestation Health 13 November 2022 5
Protesters with banners against health exclusion. Alvaro Minguito
Filed under: Isabel Díaz Ayuso ‧ Community of Madrid ‧ Social movements ‧ Public health
Thanks to: https://thefreeonline.com/2022/11/13/over-half-a-million-march-to-save-free-public-health-system-in-madrid-esp-eng/
3 Nov 2022 David F Sabadell by El Salto translation thefreeonline
The citizens of Madrid rebel massively against the privatized policies of the regional government and corrupt destruction of the Health system by far right profiteers. The public response has been massive.
Attendance at the demonstration by Public Health this Sunday, November 13, has exceeded the forecasts of the calling groups and has overflowed the streets of Madrid, the result of a health rebellion against the privatization measures of the government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
The Government Delegation has encrypted attendance at more than 200,000 people, while the organization raises the figure to 670,000 people.
At the same time, concern among citizens escalated to overwhelm the initial forecasts for this Sunday’s demonstration.
80% of the new 24-hour emergency centers announced byAyuso opened without a doctor – El Salto –
The hasty and chaotic opening of the new Local Continuous Care Clinics (PAC) without sufficient staff, since 80 PACs were deployed with the staff of the 40 extinct Rural Care Services (SAR), has caused an indefinite strike called by the union AMYTS doctors, strikes promoted by the SUMMAT and MATS unions for all PAC personnel during weekends, and the resignations of doctors.
To this is added the abandonment of senior leaders of the Ministry of Health upon learning of the new plans for out-of-hospital emergencies.
Pedro Almodóvar in the march for Public Health. The organization highlights as key the call of actors and actresses to support the march in the last two weeks. byDavid F Sabadell
All this explains the massive response of citizens this Sunday. After 12:30, leaving Atocha station to go to the march was practically impossible, reports Susana Albarrán, from El Salto Madrid.
The four columns that would head towards Cibeles from Nuevos Ministerios, Ópera, Hospital de la Princesa and Atocha have converged on the Paseo del Prado, demonstrating the rejection of the people of Madrid for the health management of its president.White scarves, slogans for Public Health and requests for Ayuso to resign have been some of the messages.
“7,291 older people perished inside the residences without being transferred to a hospital.”
Before reading the manifesto, there was a special memory for the elderly people who died in the residences of the Community of Madrid in the pandemic. “These are not deaths, they are murders”, the attendees have chanted to show their outrage at the protocols that were signed between March 18 and 25 and that established the criteria so that these transfers did not take place based on their physical or cognitive abilities. .13 November 2022 3A girl holds a banner for Public Health during the demonstration in Madrid. byDavid F Sabadell
Lola Barquero recalled that women are the ones who care the most and accompany them in health-related procedures.
“The unfair distribution of care tasks makes women suffer from the deficiencies of primary care”, she assured, to highlight the role of close care that primary care outpatient clinics represent. Barquero has reminded all the women who make Health possible —caretakers, cleaners—, who share with many women the consequences of precariousness.
She then spoke to Rebeca, a patient with persistent covid. “Trying to get healthy cannot depend on having enough money”, which in Madrid affects more than 200,000 people, she has said, with up to 200 different symptoms that become chronic and have no cure.
Demonstration Health 13 November 2022 4
The public response has been massive. David F Sabadell
Antonio Cabrera recalled that one of the consequences of the pandemic is the need for mental health care, given the lack of adequate resources and policies. Itziar Valero, meanwhile, has described the situation of rural emergencies and has been very critical of the regional government’s plan to implement telecare.
The organization has remembered the doctor Mar Noguerol, a medical doctor after recording a video of a protest at her health center. There has also been a warning about the health exclusion of migrants: the Health that citizenship has claimed is universal and no person should be deprived of it.
“This is historic”, assured the organization before concluding the march giving way to the Solfónica.
Manifestation Health 13 November 2022 5
Protesters with banners against health exclusion. Alvaro Minguito
Filed under: Isabel Díaz Ayuso ‧ Community of Madrid ‧ Social movements ‧ Public health
Thanks to: https://thefreeonline.com/2022/11/13/over-half-a-million-march-to-save-free-public-health-system-in-madrid-esp-eng/
