- Thousands of people have joined Bilbao this Sunday against the privatisation of Osakidetza. The call was made by the unions SATSE, ELA, LAB, CCOO, UGT and ESK, and throughout the tour, the cries calling for the resignation of the health advisor Gotzone Sagarduy have been heard aloud.
& '97; The demonstration has come out at noon of the Sacred Heart &' 97; Not to dismantle the first attention! Save Osakidetza! with the motto and the road to the city hall.
On 8 June, the Health Advisor "made very serious statements", according to the unions, and denounce the strategy of the Basque Government: "Because it wants to dismantle primary care and precarize the other levels of care through privatization, aggression against public services and the private health insurance business."
??? According to Sagardui's statements, the intention is to reduce Primary Care and let it be dismantled. ?? We want to make it clear that the problems we have today have a solution, it is a matter of will and investment. pic.twitter.com/hyJc3fdxRq
— SATSE Euskadi (@SATSE_Euskadi) June 26, 2022
Finally, on behalf of all the trade unions, they stated: "We must stress that this shortage of professionals is the result of political decisions that, in addition, try to use it in categories where it does not exist. But the only underlying reality is the unwillingness to strengthen public health and increase investment. The problem is not the lack of professionals, the problem is poor working conditions, unacceptable workloads, instability and systematic temporality".