Strike by technical assistants and assistants may impact appointments and surgeries
The Federation of Public Service Union Workers hopes that the strike by medical assistants and technical assistants, which started with an average membership of over 90%, will have an impact on external consultations, hospitalization and surgeries.
“It is natural that there are some disturbances in external consultations, in hospitalizations and in the surgeries themselves, which are not done if there is no assistant”, the coordinator of the National Federation of Workers Unions in Public and Social Functions (FNSTPS), told journalists. Sebastian Santana.
The creation of a career as an auxiliary health technician, the enhancement of the technical assistant career, the application of 35 hours a week to all health workers and the admission of the necessary staff to the National Health Service, are some of the demands of this strike , which started at 00:00 and continues throughout today.