Women doctors march

[NewsWhore]

Dozens of doctors took to the streets once again to demand a wage increase and other benefits. A group of women doctors walked from the Women's Hospital on Ave. Bolivar in Santo Domingo and made their way to the National Police Department where they were met by a line of mostly female police officers. The women marched down Doctor Delgado Street to the Presidential Palace, and were met by Presidency health advisor Alberto Fiallo for an hour-long meeting. Fiallo promised to take their list of demands to President Fernandez. They seek wages of physicians be increased to RD$59,000. The government wants to peg wages to productivity. Speaking for the doctors, Ines Brayam said that the meeting had been very friendly and cordial. The doctors say that they will continue to support the protests and strikes by the Dominican Medical Association (CMD). The CMD has scheduled another national public hospital doctor strike for Friday, 25 April. Hoy writes that as the doctors passed by the Plaza de la Cultura, students who were attending the Feria del Libro cheered the doctors as they passed by.

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