Participants in the 14th Congress of the National Federation of Doctors (Fnam) unanimously approved this Sunday (16 November) a motion to join the general strike of December 11, called against the Government’s labor package.
The president of the federation, Joana Bordalo e Sá, told the Lusa agency that in the motion approved, in Viana do Castelo, on the last day of the congress’ work, the appeal “to the participation of all doctors, stating that the defense of labor rights is inseparable from the defense of the medical profession and the National Health Service (SNS)”.
“The National Federation of Doctors is reaffirming its objectives, which are the fight for fair wages, decent working conditions, reintegration of intern doctors into their careers and the uncompromising defense of an SNS that is public, universal, accessible and close to the population”, stated Joana Bordalo e Sá.
The person responsible stated that she was “It is unacceptable that Minister Ana Paula Martins replaces the concept of SNS with a system that empties the National Health Service, diluting the public sector and taking the State away from responsibility”.
“We reject this view and reaffirm that the NHS is a National Health Service and is a constitutional commitment to citizens,” he added.