The limit has been reached, nothing works anymore: Nursing staff - more challenged than ever in the fourth wave of the corona pandemic - will go on a three-day strike in Regensburg from Wednesday.
Regensburg - The ver.di union has called on the employees of the Regensburg University Hospital * to go on strikes, as it did last week.
This is reported by the
Mittelbayerische.de
.
The strike started on Wednesday at 6 a.m. and is expected to last until Friday, November 26th.
Corona in Bavaria: clinics at the limit - staff on strike
Employees are demanding better working conditions and higher wages in the care sector.
Strikes broke out last week, and an agreement between ver.di and the collective bargaining association of German states (TdL) could not be reached.
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The union has planned a central Upper Palatinate day of action in Regensburg for Wednesday.
Several hundred employees are expected, rallies and a demonstration march from the university hospital to the university and back are planned.
Strike in Regensburg: only emergency care at the university hospital
Emergency care in the university hospital is ensured.
However, patients would have to expect longer waiting times and should not come to the emergency room without prior consultation.
Nursing staff and doctors are suffering from the fourth wave of the corona pandemic to an unprecedented extent.
Many are burned out, physically and mentally at the limit.
In particular, the treatment of unvaccinated coronavirus * infected people, most of whom would not end up in the clinics with a vaccination, saps the strength of the medical staff *.
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