Spain health service chokes as austerity tightens

MADRID (Reuters) - Medical suppliers haven't been paid for as much as two years, emergency rooms have been shut down and doctors in Catalonia have been told to accept a pay cut or 1,500 medical residents will lose their jobs.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/192fe32c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Spain+health+service+chokes+as+austerity+tightens&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F11%2Fuk-spain-healthcare-idUKTRE79A1SX20111011%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Spain+health+service+chokes+as+austerity+tightens&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F11%2Fuk-spain-healthcare-idUKTRE79A1SX20111011%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> [More]

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