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In Ecuador, the protests by healthcare workers are aimed at demanding improvements to the public health system. teleSUR
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00:00And health care workers in Ecuador held a protest against a precarious state of the country's health system.
00:05The sector aims to expose the deep crisis within the public health care sphere amid serious complaints
00:10regarding the lack of supplies, unjust dismissals and their degradation of patient care.
00:16In addition to this, MECO professionals emphasize that the crisis is structural and has intensified in recent years,
00:22manifesting in higher mortality rates among vulnerable populations and the absence of basic hospital conditions.
00:28Meanwhile, the workers warned that neoliberal budget cuts directly threaten the lives and well-being of the people.
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