An estimated 1.2 million healthcare
services will be at risk Wednesday during a 24-hour strike by
doctors, nurses, healthcare executives and other medical staff.
The strike, which will feature a rally in a major Rome square,
Piazza SS Apostoli, at midday Wednesday was called by doctors'
unions Anaao and Cimo and by the nurses' union Nursing Up.
The unions have said all scheduled medical services, including
50,000 ùX-rays, 15,000 surgeries and 100,000 visits with
specialists are at risk while emergency procedures will be
guaranteed.
The walkout was organized against the 2025 budget bill which
unions said allocates "insufficient resources" for pay rises to
staff.
Unions have complained about an overall reduction in healthcare
funding in the budget bill.
Healthcare personnel will also be protesting, among other
things, over the lack of resources to immediately hire more
healthcare workers and the absence of measures to boost security
personnel at Italian hospitals after a wave of assaults reported
over the past few months in Italy.
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