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CESM-CV Doctors Maintain Strike: "We Won't Accept Smoke"

The Valencian medical union leaves the meeting with Health with "bittersweet feelings" but maintains strikes until concrete responses are given.

Generic image of a doctor with a stethoscope in front of an urban landscape.
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Generic image of a doctor with a stethoscope in front of an urban landscape.

The CESM-CV strike committee indicated they left their first meeting with the Ministry of Health with "bittersweet feelings" and will continue intermittent work stoppages.

The CESM-CV strike committee has expressed "bittersweet feelings" following their first meeting with the Ministry of Health, despite observing "a negotiating spirit." The medical union will continue with intermittent work stoppages until the Administration provides a concrete response to their "key" demands, warning: "We will not accept smoke."
The deputy general secretary of CESM-CV, Vladimir Herrero, along with the provincial secretary in Valencia, María Pilar Valero, explained in a press conference the details of the meeting held with the Director General of Personnel, Amparo Pinazo, and the Director of Health Management, Javier Lázaro.
This marks the fourth week of strikes for doctors, initially called nationally to demand a specific Framework Statute and now regionally for improvements in their working conditions. According to the Ministry of Health, strike participation on this fourth day averaged 7.37% across the Valencian Community, with 12% in Alicante, 2.53% in Castellón, and 5.74% in Valencia.
Herrero detailed that the Ministry committed to presenting a document next week with a counter-offer to the 19 "essential" measures proposed by the Medical Union to enhance care quality and working conditions. The Ministry also expressed support for national demands and pledged to incorporate, within its competencies, any agreements reached, including the establishment of a specific negotiation table.
The department led by Marciano Gómez acknowledged the need to establish a 35-hour work week and improve working conditions to ensure quality care. Among the "non-negotiable" points for the union, besides the 35-hour week from Monday to Friday, are the "real" closure of appointment schedules, 24-hour availability of PAC/PAS services, full coverage of substitutions, ensuring all SAMU units have doctors, limiting mandatory on-call shifts to three with "appropriate" compensation if exceeded, and increasing medical staff in line with the offered service portfolio. "We can't take any more," Herrero emphasized.
The union's intention is to "continue the conflict until improvements in care quality and working conditions are achieved," urging "maintaining all pressure within legal limits." Regarding the possibility of an indefinite strike, Herrero pointed to the need for an "honest poll" to gauge support, considering the deduction of 300 euros per day of strike.
Despite the "success" of the strikes and the "massive" demonstrations yesterday in Valencia and Alicante, the union highlighted the close "bond" medical professionals have with their patients, which makes striking difficult. "We will not allow this negotiation to end inconclusively," he concluded.

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