European Public Health Alliance, August 29, 2007 Nurses and doctors in
Poland have taken the streets during a month, between mid-June and
mid-July 2007, to force the government to increase wages and inject
more funds into the public health sector. The main protest, on 21 June,
gathered around 7.000-10.000 nurses and doctors, who stayed overnight
in front of the government’s headquarters, in Warsaw. The next day, the
police removed the protesters from the city road with a result of three
wounded nurses, one reported to have had a heart attack. The protest
has been accompanied by strikes at hospitals across Poland during June
and July. ... Polish