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Romania’s Hospitals Enter Indefinite General Strike as Medical Services Are Reduced Nationwide

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Hospitals across Romania entered an indefinite general strike on Tuesday, July 28, as healthcare workers protested against the proposed public-sector salary law, staff shortages and working conditions in the country’s medical system. The strike, organised by the SANITAS Federation, affects more than 500 medical institutions. Hospitals continue to provide emergency treatment and essential medical services, but routine activity has been reduced, w…

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Two out of three people in the medical system will have wage increases through the new draft wage bill, and the others maintain their current income, being at the upper threshold, supports the interim Minister of Labour, Dragoş Píslaru. The statements come in the context of the Sanitas Federation's outbreak, Tuesday, general strike in hospitals, in protest against the draft wage bill. According to the union federation, during the protest, the co…

·Bucharest, Romania
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Romania is on the second day of an unprecedented general strike in the healthcare system, and the effects of the protest are felt in almost every county of the country. In almost 500 hospitals, the activity has been drastically reduced, with only medical emergencies being ensured. The scheduled operations and consultations have been postponed where the patients' condition allowed this.

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SANITAS a declanşat, marți, greva generală în semn de protest faţă de Legea salarizării, despre care reprezentanții federaţiei spun că perpetuuează inechități salariale între diferite professional categories din sistem. Negocierile, care au avut loc inclusiv la Palatul Cotroceni, nu i-au determinat pe angajații din sistem să renunțe la protest. Sindicaliştii SANITAS au Reclamat Presiuni, Affirmând că managerii unor instituții au at the request o…

The next day of the general strike shakes the medical system, and the anger in hospitals increases. The unions announce that the release of more than 6,800 posts in the country's hospitals is only a drop in an ocean of problems. The large units in the capital received crumbles, while small hospitals in the country are chosen by two, even three times more places. Who pays the price of this crisis? Patients! Tens of people, locked hours in the hal…

·Romania
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The strike unleashed in hospitals in Romania is not just a wage-related conflict. Behind the protests are tense negotiations on the new Wage Law, the dispute over spores, the payment of guards and the lack of a final form on which the Government and trade unions agree. At the same time, the conflict has revealed differences [...]

·Bucharest, Romania
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The urgency and a third of the activity of the other sections are ensured.

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Ziar de Suceava broke the news on Tuesday, July 28, 2026.
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