Overview
- Political pressure intensified as País Vasco, Canarias and Castilla-La Mancha formally asked for an independent mediator, while PNV and Junts pressed the minister to open negotiations.
- In Galicia, health authorities reported 34,640 medical acts suspended this week, including 673 surgeries, 18,611 consultations and 1,945 tests in hospitals, plus over 12,000 primary‑care visits, with official strike participation far below union claims.
- Around 40 primary‑care doctors remain in a sit‑in at Vigo’s Olimpia Valencia health center; Sanidade set a Monday meeting but conditioned talks on ending the encierro, and participants say they will stay unless given a concrete negotiation plan.
- Emergency services in the Pontevedra–O Salnés area faced exceptional strain, with Montecelo staff reporting patients in corridors and roughly 2,000 urgent attendances across hospitals and primary‑care PACs over two days.
- Other regions quantified significant disruption and costs, including Andalucía’s 511,000 suspended acts and an estimated €77 million impact since the protests, and Castilla y León’s 1,162 canceled surgeries, 52,124 consultations and about 2,500 diagnostic tests this week.