Today is the second day of an indefinite strike by resident medical staff (MIR) at hospitals in Andalucia, these ebing mostly doctors, some 4,500, but also including some nurses, pharmacists and psychologists.
Hospital waiting times reduced in Andalucia
The Andalucian Health Service managed to reduce waiting times in 2010. The average wait for surgery was 56 days, for a first consultation with a specialist was 46 days and 20 days for performing a diagnostic test.