{"id":5080,"date":"2025-03-19T00:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T00:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/hospital-workers-to-strike-on-wednesday\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T00:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T00:04:11","slug":"hospital-workers-to-strike-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/hospital-workers-to-strike-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital workers to strike on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1264471\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hospital_clinic_shutterstock-320x200.jpg?v=1697225240\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hospital_clinic_shutterstock.jpg?v=1697225240\" alt=\"Hospital workers to strike on Wednesday\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hospital_clinic_shutterstock-960x600.jpg?v=1697225240\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Shutterstock]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Hospital workers will stage a 24-hour strike in provincial areas and a work stoppage in Attica from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, demanding better wages and staffing.<\/p>\n<p>The POEDIN union warns that the public healthcare system is overwhelmed due to severe personnel shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency rooms are overcrowded, with over 1,000 patients daily and wait times exceeding eight hours.<\/p>\n<p>The union highlights a 4,000-personnel drop since the pandemic and criticizes stagnant public healthcare spending at 5.5% of GDP \u2013 below the EU average. Hospitals owe \u20ac1.36 billion in overdue payments, worsening conditions.<\/p>\n<p>POEDIN demands permanent hires, hazardous duty pay reforms, and increased health spending. 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The POEDIN union warns that the public healthcare system is overwhelmed due to severe personnel shortages. 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