Healthcare workers went on strike on Thursday, and protested in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens, denouncing a draft government bill that they claim will increase the role of the private sector in the health system.
"We have to resist this intense government effort to privatise public hospitals, and to leave the Greek citizens without National Healthcare Service," claimed union leader at 'Elena Venizelou’ maternity hospital, Maria Zisimatou.
Footage shows protesters with banner, placards and flags, with industrial action ongoing all this week.
"This bill is a sweeping attack on the National Healthcare Service. It is part of the wave of privatisations that this government has unleashed and is dismantling all social services," alleged political science author Panos Garganas.
Media reports suggest the bill will scrap full-time exclusive employment contracts for doctors in the public sector, meaning many could take on private patients and even use public hospitals to treat them. Another protester, Kyriakos Karidis, said it would undermine the whole system.
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The bill of the Ministry of Health on secondary care was passed in Parliament. It was approved with 156 “yes” and 141 “no” in the roll-call vote requested by SYRIZA, PASOK-KINAL and KKE.
The Ministry of Health’s bill for secondary care was accepted only by the government majority, in the roll call vote (on the principle and on the disputed articles that provide for the possibility of employment of NHS doctors in the private sector, and the announcement of NHS doctor positions with part-time status employment), at the request of SYRIZA, PASOK-Change Movement and KKE. Out of 297 voters, 156 ND MPs voted “yes”, while 141 opposition MPs voted “no”.
The Ministry of Health’s bill for secondary care was accepted only by the government majority, in the roll call vote (on the principle and on the disputed articles that provide for the possibility of employment of NHS doctors in the private sector, and the announcement of NHS doctor positions with part-time status employment), at the request of SYRIZA, PASOK-Change Movement and KKE. Out of 297 voters, 156 ND MPs voted “yes”, while 141 opposition MPs voted “no”.
Mitsotakis regime in #Greece is about to pass a bill that will mark the definite termination of country's national health system towards full privatization at the #US standards. In simple words: if you are poor and get sick, your only option will be to wish not to die. #ΕΣΥ
— failedevolution (@failedevolution) December 1, 2022
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