The residents section of AMYTS calls strike January 26 against the descent of the salaries of the guards on Saturday

Madrid, January 2012- all of the resident optional staff providing service hospitals in the Madrid health service of the Ministry of health of the community of Madridmore than 4,000 professionals, are summoned to a day of strike Thursday January 26 by the resident section of the Association of doctors and graduates of Madrid (AMYTS).

The strike is motivated by the increase in day adopted by the Assembly of Madrid in the Act of accompaniment to the budgets of the community of 2012, which has been established in 37.5 hours per week. Resident physicians involved in their training as specialists through work in the various hospital services, already exceeded, with weekly hours from 40 to 50 hours, now adopted standards. The Ministry of health in implementation of the new schedule has been established as a working day on Saturday, before it was not, and has raised guards on Saturday (24 hours) will have a pay by call of 17 hours rather than 24 hours of hitherto paid. The claim of the strike is that they are recognized and paid as 24-hour guards in Saturday.

12,500 Optional work altogether in dependent on the community of Madrid hospitals, of which 4,000 are resident optional. Strike of the latter will be an overload of work extraordinary medical attachment that will lead to a decrease in the quality of care. Residents have reached this limit option after the refusal of the Administration to make an application less harmful to their interests. For residents of first year, for example, with the now imposed conditions, pay hourly guard is 7 euros, for a collective which has one of the highest Court notes to access University, a six-year career and national opposition access to the square of resident.

At the same time, the residents section of AMYTS has informed the delegation of the Government the holding of a concentration, same January 26th between noon and 2 p.m., at the Puerta del Sol, between Calle Montera and Preciados. The motivation of this demonstration is to protest by misapplication in the residents of the new working week for public employees established in the community of Madrid.