Unions denounce a lack of working conditions and scarcity of professionals who lead to “requests for dismissal and termination” almost daily.
Doctors, nurses and other health professionals meet a joint 24-hour strike on the Algarve in protest against the lack of professionals and the degradation of working conditions.
The stoppage covers all health professionals working at the National Health Service (NHS) in the region, which require, among other claims, the hiring of More personal to stop the wear and tear which they claim to be subject.
According to health professionals, the exhaustion and the aggravation of working conditions just do not have greater consequences for patients and users due to “High sense of responsibility and delivery” daily.
“Requests for dismissal and termination of employment contracts almost daily And in many services, a decreased number of professionals, per shift“The professionals regret in a joint statement.
In turn, the president of Algarve’s local health unit (ULS), Tiago Botelho told Lusa not understand the reasons invoked for the strikeconsidering that, in their origin, they are union structures that act for political reasons.
The strike, scheduled for between 00h00 and 24h00, was convened by the South Zone Doctors Union (SMZS-FNAM), the Portuguese Nurses Union (SEP) and the Southern Public Function Workers Union and the autonomous regions.
