Italy's doctors' trade unions said
Saturday that they are joining forces for a demonstration in
Rome in May to call for more investment in health care.
The slogan of the demonstration will be 'Invest in doctors to
save the National Health Service' said the Anaao Assomed,
Cimo-Fesmed, Als, Gmi, Fimmg, Fimp, Sumai, Smi, Snami and Ftm
unions.
Italian doctors are increasingly dissatisfied with the
insufficient resources allocated by the latest budget law and
are considering a strike, Italian federation of doctors' guilds
(FNOMCEO) head Filippo Anelli said earlier this month.
Last November, unions representing Italian doctors and nurses
staged a nationwide 24-hour strike to protest against the
government's 2025 budget bill which they said allocated
"insufficient resources" to pay rises to staff and complain
about an overall lack of investment in healthcare funding.
The government says 6.4 billion euros in extra funding is being
pumped into healthcare over the next two years, taking national
health funding up to all-time highs of 136.48 billion euros in
2025 and 140.6 billion in 2026.
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