Overview
- The Plataforma SOS Sanidade Pública staged coordinated demonstrations in Vigo, A Coruña, Cangas and Moaña on Thursday to demand urgent action on growing waiting lists.
- Spokespeople accused SERGAS of undercounting waits by starting official timers only after administrative validation of electronic interconsultations and by excluding many follow‑up waits.
- The platform presented figures showing waiting‑list growth and longer surgical waits but those numbers were supplied by protesters and not independently verified in coverage.
- Organizers blamed the problem on resource shortages, weakened primary care, poor hospital management and the hiring of public doctors by private providers, and they read a ten‑point manifesto calling for transparency, more staff and an end to referrals to contracted private centres.
- Protesters warned the gap between official data and patient experience is causing pain, delays and a shift to private insurance and contracted care, and they have scheduled further street actions to keep pressure on health authorities.