Banging drums and chanting slogans, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Madrid to demand an end to the cutbacks and privatisation on healthcare
The demonstration in Madrid on Monday comes amid a wave of strikes over public healthcare shortages across Spain, with strike action planned or threatened in at least eight of its 17 regions.
Banging drums and chanting slogans, the protesters packed the main boulevard running past the city's El Prado museum on Sunday as part of a so-called Marea Blanca, or 'white tide' demonstration that drew 30,000 people, according to a regional government spokesperson. This week, the SEMES emergency service workers association said Madrid's A&E departments had seen a "10 to 20 percent" increase in patients while the ADSP, which also represents health professionals in Madrid, said 300 people were waiting in corridors for a bed.
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