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Greek health workers go on strike as anger boils over 'under-funding'

Greek health workers go on strike as anger boils over 'under-funding'
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Public sector doctors and nurses went on strike in Greece on Wednesday, amid the country’s financial crisis. They say they are fed up with

Public sector doctors and nurses went on strike in Greece on Wednesday, amid the country’s financial crisis.

They say they are fed up with under-staffing and under-funding – and are demanding back pay.

Hospitals were functioning with emergency staff while a demonstration was held outside the health ministry.

The state hospital workers’ union said Greece’s national health service is “out of control due to under-funding and under-staffing.”

Pensioners joined health workers as they protested in Athens, fearing further austerity measures amid the country’s financial crisis.

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