there's all kinds of ominous articles like this that have been published over the last ten years.
The country's largest doctors' union in September said it was again considering a countrywide strike against the spending cuts, demanding a renewal of their contracts and the end of an eight-year hiring freeze in hospitals.
"I am extremely concerned by the extent of the crisis of our NHS," said Costantino Troise, the secretary-general of Italy's largest doctors' union ANAAO.
He blamed funding cuts and what he called a lack of respect for health professionals as major drivers of the current stand-off.
"Italy's health system will resemble ones like Poland and Slovenia rather than France and Germany" if the situation doesn't improve, he said. The latter Western countries tend to be known for higher quality health care than their Eastern brethren.
"I am extremely concerned by the extent of the crisis of our NHS," said Costantino Troise, the secretary-general of Italy's largest doctors' union ANAAO.
He blamed funding cuts and what he called a lack of respect for health professionals as major drivers of the current stand-off.
"Italy's health system will resemble ones like Poland and Slovenia rather than France and Germany" if the situation doesn't improve, he said. The latter Western countries tend to be known for higher quality health care than their Eastern brethren.