Germany's healthcare system hit by 2-day strike


  • World
  • Friday, 24 Nov 2023

BERLIN, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Healthcare workers in Germany began a two-day strike on Thursday, with university hospitals hit particularly hard and many operations canceled.

Employees from six hospitals in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia alone had taken part in the strike, trade union Verdi said. According to German news outlet dpa, about 300 employees from the University of Leipzig Medical Center and 1,200 employees from several psychiatric centers in Baden-Wuerttemberg were also on strike.

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