Internal medical residents (MIR) take part in a protest to demand compensation improvements in their salary within their working hours after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emergency, in Barcelona, Spain September 29, 2020. The banner reads "I have not slept in 24 hours, do I attend you?". REUTERS/Nacho Doce
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) - Dressed in white lab coats, medical scrubs and face masks, hundreds of junior Spanish doctors took to the streets of Barcelona on Tuesday to demand better working conditions as they struggle against a second wave of coronavirus infections.
"We're working up to 80 hours a week and clocking shifts of 24 hours," protester Clara Boter, a 28-year-old medical resident intern, told Reuters. "Our contract is for 40 hours a week and we're on a basic salary."
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