Spending review in Italy, Pharmacists strike

01/12

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320 pharmacies in Palerme joined the strike against the cuts planned by the spending review. A front of a pharmacy in Palermo.

02/12

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320 pharmacies in Palerme joined the strike against the cuts planned by the spending review. A front of a pharmacy in Palermo.

03/12

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320 pharmacies in Palerme joined the strike against the cuts planned by the spending review. A front of a pharmacy in Palermo.

04/12

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Protests in front of the Department of Health in the Square Ziino. The decree identifies the spending review for a new national pharmaceutical spending ceiling equal to 11, 5% (compared to the previous 13.3%).

05/12

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Protests in front of the Department of Health in the Square Ziino. The decree identifies the spending review for a new national pharmaceutical spending ceiling equal to 11, 5% (compared to the previous 13.3%).

06/12

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The Department of Health in the square Ziino.

07/12

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Marina Lo Castro (President Federfarma Palermo) and Domenico Simonetti (Vice President Federfarma Palermo).

08/12

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According Federfarma, the rules on spending reviews jeopardize some 20,000 jobs out of a total of 64,000 people who work in pharmacies.

09/12

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A pharmacist distributing leaflets among motorists explaining the reasons for the protest.

10/12

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The Federfarma then addressed an invitation to the citizens - with which he apologized for any inconvenience - to join the protest "to continue to dispose of medicines needed for health and not to miss the pharmacy downstairs".