Doctors will once again participate in the fourth weekly strike of the year, as the conflict remains blocked and positions are far apart. In the Valencian Community, the CESM CV Medical Union maintains its strike call from Monday to Friday for the entire day, organizing rallies and demonstrations to denounce labor precarity, staff shortages, and the excessive workload they claim the profession endures.

The new strike comes with virtually no changes compared to previous calls. The strike committee demands specific negotiations with the Ministry and calls for a unique statute for doctors, a request that lacks government support. The Ministry of Health, for its part, argues that the future Framework Statute incorporates labor improvements, including reducing 24-hour shifts to 17 hours, setting a maximum weekly workload of 45 hours, and establishing new rest periods.

However, medical unions believe the proposed text does not address the system's structural problems, stating that it "perpetuates abusive working hours, does not recognize our real working time, does not guarantee work-life balance, and does not respect the training or responsibility we undertake daily." They also report that doctors continue to face 17 and 24-hour shifts and remind that many on-call duties do not count towards retirement.

Wednesday the 20th will be the central day for mobilizations, with demonstrations and rallies in various parts of the country. In Alicante, there will be gatherings at 11:00 AM in hospitals and Primary Care centers, and a demonstration at 6:30 PM from the Central Market to the Casa de las Brujas. Protests have also been called in Valencia and Castellón, with daily gatherings in Dénia at 8:00 AM.

The organizers maintain that doctors and healthcare professionals are "exhausted, mistreated, and unprotected," warning that the shortage of professionals, upcoming retirements, and the brain drain are pushing public healthcare towards a critical situation.