Tens of thousands of Spanish health workers protest for better future

Tens of thousands of health workers protested in Madrid on Sunday over what they say is the destruction of the public health system by the conservative
regional government.
Dressed in white coats and banging drums, many chanted: “Cutting public health is criminal.”
The demonstration attracted about 30,000 protesters, a regional government spokesman said.
The Madrid regional government, led by the Popular Party’s Isabel Ayuso, has come under fire in recent years, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, for poor staffing in hospitals and primary healthcare centres.
Protesters say the regional government is dismantling public health services and favouring private health providers.
Ayuso denies the accusation that her administration is dismantling public health services in favour of the private sector and says the protests and strikes are being orchestrated by left-wing parties in the run-up to municipal and regional elections this year to undermine the conservative regional government.