Overview
- Regional health services reported significant disruption and warned recovery will be difficult, with Madrid earlier estimating nearly €2 million in costs from the initial days.
- In the Vigo area of Galicia, four days of stoppages led to 204 surgeries, 5,518 hospital consultations, 5,220 primary care visits and 686 tests being suspended, leaving 11,600 patients without care.
- Cantabria tallied roughly 700 surgeries and 30,000 consultations canceled, alongside hundreds of delayed diagnostic procedures including endoscopies, CT scans, MRIs and radiology tests.
- A Coruña’s health area reported 69 operations, nearly 3,300 hospital consultations and 245 tests postponed, plus 740 missed primary care appointments.
- Officials cited low-to-moderate participation while unions claimed far higher adherence, urgent care was maintained under minimum-service rules, and unions plan additional week-long strikes each month through June.