The arrival of the coronavirus has caused the paralysis of any non-essential activity for months and the collapse of many services in the most difficu
The arrival of the coronavirus has caused the paralysis of any non-essential activity for months and the collapse of many services in the most difficult moments. Around a quarantine of neighborhood associations, platforms, groups and unions defend that this pandemic has demonstrated the “need to defend and enhance public services” in the region in order to face such critical situations, so that they will mobilize for it. this Thursday. Coordinated by the Madrid Regional Federation of Neighbors (FRAVM), its spokesperson in Puente de Vallecas, Jorge Nacarino, points out that this claim is necessary because the health crisis of the coronavirus has revealed the deficiencies suffered by these services. As he points out, "the cuts that have occurred fundamentally since the 2008 crisis have fundamentally reduced the ability to respond to a situation like the one we have experienced." In this regard, Nacarino also regrets how the privatization of some services in Madrid has triggered corruption schemes of political parties and ensures that "it is time for all this to end." The march will begin at 7:30 at the Puente de Vallecas Municipal Board and ended at the Assembly Square in Madrid with the reading of a manifesto by public service workers in different areas. And it is that the main demands of the protest focus on the health, educational and social sphere. On the one hand, it will require a reinforcement of the staff of the Hospital Infanta Leonor and the reopening of the emergencies of two specialty centers in Puente de Vallecas; on the other, more investment in residences and in public education; and lastly, an increase in the reinforcement of municipal Social Services. Insufficient health care One of the main requests refers to a reinforcement of the staff of the district hospital because, despite the reinforcement carried out by the regional government, the FRAVM denounces that “in these districts, it has hardly been noticed because the who have arrived hav
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