The Regional Ministry of Health, Presidency, and Emergencies reported that the strike by medical professionals in the autonomous community reached 18.46% during the morning shift. This mobilization, called by health unions across Spain, is the fourth weekly strike day of the year, protesting the lack of progress in negotiations with the Ministry of Health.
Official data reveals significant disparities among Andalusian provinces. Almería leads in turnout with 22.98%, followed by Seville (21.89%), Huelva (20.93%), and Málaga (19.99%). Below the regional average are Cádiz (17.74%), Granada (17.15%), Jaén (11.68%), and Córdoba (11.29%).
“"We are facing a minister who refuses to speak with doctors; I don't know what she has in mind or what solution she expects to find for this conflict."
The president of the Andalusian Medical Union, Rafael Ojeda, warned outside the Virgen del Rocío Hospital in Seville about a potential 'chronicization' of the conflict. He assured that doctors would not give up on their objectives and detailed the collective's main demands: specific regulation for the medical profession, a dedicated negotiation table, a working hours model that does not constitute labor exploitation, a fair professional classification, and that mandatory on-call duties be counted towards retirement.
For its part, the Ministry of Health, led by Mónica García, responded by accusing the organizing unions of aligning with the right wing. The Ministry maintains that the framework statute improves the collective's conditions, reducing on-call shifts from 24 to 17 hours with preceding and succeeding days off, and establishing maximum weekly working hours of 45, compared to the 48 set by European legislation.
