Overview
- Técnicos superiores sanitarios launched the first of four strike days, with actions reported in Ourense and Vigo and further stoppages set for November 3 and 4.
- Galicia’s health authority reported strike participation of about 58% in the morning and nearly 93% in the afternoon, while the CHUVI strike committee cited full stoppage in key labs.
- Authorities said minimum-service requirements were fully met, safeguarding urgent care, oncology, blood donation and non-deferrable tests.
- Thousands of routine lab vials were not processed and will be discarded, forcing many patients to repeat blood work, and non-urgent imaging such as mammograms and X‑rays was canceled.
- Strikers seek regulated professional status, reclassification to pay group B and university-level degree alignment, as organizers plan a Madrid march on November 3 and warn of possible indefinite action if demands go unmet.