(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 19 - 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 planned X-rays, 15,000 surgeries and 100,000 visits with
specialists are at risk while emergency procedures will be
guaranteed. (ANSA).