For nearly a week, doctors working at Madrid’s 24-hour clinics have been on strike to denounce “the chaos” of a plan to add more clinics without hiring enough new staff.We’ve gone from the applause of the pandemic to being totally forgotten,” Monica, a nurse, told Spanish broadcaster RTVE at the protest on Sunday.Isabel Diaz Ayuso, the region’s leader, who has been accused of trying to dismantle the public healthcare system, has called the strikes a “boycott” and said the protests are politically motivated.Ayuso was also heavily criticized by members of the healthcare sector when she became the most outspoken political leader in Spain to speak out against lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking to Spanish daily El Pais, he said he was marching because “the question of public healthcare is absolutely transversal and affects everyone.""