The Telegraph
By Fiona Govan, Madrid
5:34PM BST 06 Aug 2012
Hundreds of Spanish health care workers are registering as conscientious objectors in protest at a new law that requires them to deny treatment to illegal immigrants.
Public health protest in Madrid last month
A new royal decree to be passed on Friday and that comes into effect as of September 1 rules strips illegal immigrants of their right to free health care in Spain.
It means that immigrants who do not have residency cards will be denied treatment at public hospitals and health care centres unless they are under 18, pregnant, or in case of emergency.
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