


The protest banners can be seen from the street too. This one reads, Vall d'Hebron fights back. Enough with the budget cuts.

Medical staff's protest signs greet visitors and patients at the main entrance to the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona. There angry at huge budget cuts to Spain's state-financed healthcare. Spaniards are afraid they may one day end up with a U.S. style privatized healthcare system in which the poor and uninsured lack care.