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Spain: Doctors of foreign origin dismissed

01 March 1995

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Four doctors - from Haiti, Morocco, Latin America and Eastern Europe - have been dismissed from Granadan hospitals and six more are awaiting the same fate. They came to Spain 20 years ago to study medicine and settled there - some became naturalised. However, a royal decree of 11 January 1984 forbids "foreign" doctors from practising in the country even though they have been trained in Spain and have exactly the same diplomas as their Spanish colleagues. When the four doctors completed their training they were employed by the Andalusian Health Service. After many years working in the Baza hospital of Granada the four doctors were "fired" without no chance of being re-employed. The Health Service rejected charges of racism on the grounds that they had been accused of "illegal employment" and had received protests from trade unions. Kontrola Kontrolpean, Donostia, Euskadi (Spain).

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