The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands reported that 354 out of the 3,854 doctors affected by the call participated in the strike. This participation rate represents 9.19 percent of the professional group, covering both Primary Care and Hospital settings.
By health areas, Gran Canaria had the highest participation with 262 out of 1,423 affected staff (18.41%), while in Tenerife it was 4.49% (eighty out of 1,781). In Lanzarote, six out of 212 professionals (2.83%) joined the strike; in Fuerteventura, three out of 266 (1.13%); in La Palma, two out of 152 (1.32%); and in La Gomera, one out of twenty (5%). No staff went on strike in El Hierro.
The morning of this Monday, with 1,487 staff on minimum services, proceeded without notable incidents.
