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.
The POEDIN union warns that the public healthcare system is overwhelmed due to severe personnel shortages.
Emergency rooms are overcrowded, with over 1,000 patients daily and wait times exceeding eight hours.
The union highlights a 4,000-personnel drop since the pandemic and criticizes stagnant public healthcare spending at 5.5% of GDP – below the EU average. Hospitals owe €1.36 billion in overdue payments, worsening conditions.
POEDIN demands permanent hires, hazardous duty pay reforms, and increased health spending. The union also opposes hospital closures.
