Overview
- About one hundred nurses and physiotherapists gathered in silence at Plaza del Callao to launch SATSE’s “Quemad@s” campaign.
- The union is seeking more staff, a 35-hour workweek, improved work–life policies, and a coherent human-resources plan for SERMAS.
- SATSE says chronic understaffing leaves sick leaves uncovered and claims the winter plan delivered under half the promised reinforcements, which were used to plug existing gaps.
- Union figures indicate roughly 650 nurses left Madrid in the first half of 2025, which it links to low pay and precarious conditions.
- Frontline testimonies describe months-long physiotherapy waits and unpaid extra hours, including reports of around 100 hours owed per nurse at Hospital Puerta del Hierro.