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May 13, 2020

"We Aren't Heroes": Spanish Medical Workers Protest for Better Working Conditions
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In Spain, health workers at two hospitals in Barcelona held protests
Tuesday demanding better working conditions. Many of them held signs
that read "#Rights In Applause" and "We aren't heroes." This is
pediatric nurse Paula Cano.

Paula Cano: "It is only now that we are heroes, because of COVID-19. It
isn't like that. We are heroes every day. Every day of the year, we face
every single pathogen, bug, bacteria and virus that exists in the world.
But from the outside, that can't be seen. We continue to carry out the
same job, day by day, year after year."



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