Spanish court orders doctors be compensated for lack of Covid PPE

Court rules region of Valencia failed to protect medics in early days of pandemic

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Spain's medical community has scored a victory after a court ordered that a regional government must compensate doctors up to 49,000 (41,000) each for having to work without personal protective equipment (PPE) during the devastating early months of the pandemic.

The lawsuit brought by a doctor's union is the first of its kind to be won in Spain, whose health care system was pushed to the brink when Covid-19 first struck.