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The Virchowbund medical association and other professional associations called for strikes between Christmas and New Year. “We are giving our medical assistants time off during this time – as a thank you for their hard work and as compensation because they have not yet received a Corona bonus from the state,” reads the call for the ‘Practice in Need’ campaign.
On Wednesday there were strikes in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg and Bremen, among others, but also in smaller cities and in the countryside. Medicines are ‘saved for waste’ and medical practices are ‘bled dry’, the professional associations accuse politicians. However, the medical on-call service on 116 117 will continue to exist.
Because the protest is followed by the weekend and New Year’s Day, practices are not expected to reopen until January 2. The Patient Protection Foundation had criticized the timing of the planned strikes over the weekend, warning that they would mainly affect old and infirm people.
(AFP)
Source: Blick
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