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Europe - austerity is deadly


In 2011 the ECB demanded from Italy that “protection against rising interest rates on Italian government bonds would only be granted on condition of severe cuts. As a result, the number of hospitals fell by 15 percent.

But it is known that Greece was hit hardest: government funds were almost halved between 2009 and 2016 from 16,2 billion to 8,6 billion. More than 13.000 doctors and over 26.000 other healthcare workers have been fired. 54 of the 137 hospitals were closed.

Analysis by Alexis Passadakis, Attac Germany

Europe - austerity is deadly

The health care crisis in Italy is the result of the bank bailout after the financial crisis. That hospitals were sacrificed for this is now becoming a danger

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