Portuguese Doctors, Nurses Launch 48-Hour Strike Over Austerity Cuts
<div class='node-body'><p>Thousands of Portuguese doctors and nurses are staging a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures they say are destroying the country's public health care service.</p>
<p>Although the strike will cause widespread disruption to patients, it has attracted widespread public sympathy from people fed up with the declining standards. Thousands are expected to join in a protest in Lisbon on Wednesday.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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