Overview
- The Consellería de Sanidade tallied more than 24,000 missed consultations and over 1,600 canceled diagnostic tests across Galicia in addition to the 472 suspended operations.
- Sergas reported a 22.67% participation rate on Thursday morning—nearly 30% in the seven major hospitals and 7.19% in primary care—figures the O'Mega union disputes, claiming roughly 85% in hospitals and 55% in primary care.
- In the Vigo health area, two strike days led to 103 canceled surgeries, 3,542 hospital consultations and 2,855 primary care visits postponed, plus 339 tests.
- CHUVI/Vigo is launching extra afternoon sessions to recover activity and expects to perform about 1,500 additional diagnostic tests per month under its plan.
- Conselleiro Antonio Gómez Caamaño said rescheduling is underway but complicated by high inpatient loads from respiratory infections, and union leaders have flagged the option of an indefinite strike starting February 1 if talks do not advance.