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Topic Started: Jul 21 2010, 08:56 AM (137 Views)
Jolly
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Geaux Tigers!
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Italian Doctors' Strike Blocks 40,000 Surgeries
July 20, 2010

MILAN — An Italian doctors' union says more than 40,000 operations have been cancelled by a strike against the government's austerity plans.

Medical workers are protesting outside of parliament in Rome to protest expected shortages of medical workers in the system due government plans to not renew many temporary contracts.

The government says the €25 billion ($32.5 billion) austerity plan does not foresee cuts in Italy's state-run health care system but is seeking to stem waste.

The Simet union says that one-day strike Monday has canceled 40,000 surgeries and hundreds of thousands specialist visits, as well as halted veterinarian visits.

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Copper
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I'm sure this could never happen in the US state-run health care system.
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Jolly
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Not ever never...
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George K
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Finally
Jolly
Jul 21 2010, 08:56 AM
as well as halted veterinarian visits.

Oh, the humanity! :lol2:
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Not this week anyway. Stay tuned.
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Mikhailoh
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George K
Jul 21 2010, 10:33 AM
Jolly
Jul 21 2010, 08:56 AM
as well as halted veterinarian visits.

Oh, the humanity! :lol2:
Those low down dogs...
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Aqua Letifer
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They need to find them some scabs.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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John D'Oh
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To be fair, the prime thing to notice about Italian healthcare isn't that its run by the government, but that it's run by Italians. English tourists who got sick over there would try and swim home rather than be hospitalised.
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