Faced with a failing public health system that has caused the severe shortage of medications in Tunisia, young doctors and union activists are mobilizing and proposing solutions. But the authorities remain in denial, and citizens can no longer wait on the government to ensure their access to adequate healthcare.
Hundreds of healthcare staff and workers, including doctors, nurses, medical students and other staff held a protest march on Tuesday, December 8, which they dubbed a ‘day of rage’ for the Tunisian public health sector. The focus of protesters demands was on public investment in healthcare facilities, equipment and infrastructure following the death of 27-year-old surgical resident, Badr Eddine Aloui. Aloui fell to his death on December 3 from the fifth floor in the Jendouba Regional Hospital due to an elevator dysfunction.
