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11-19-2008, 04:30 PM
Yesterday saw the start of a 72-hour strike by public hospital UNASED union nurses. The Ministry of Public Health has not commented on the strike. Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez only said that he would present their request for wage increase to President Leonel Fernandez and Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa. He said that there was little he could do but that an increase could be included in the 2009 budget. Nurses are asking for a higher pay wage, pension plan improvements, remodeling of hospitals and the appointment of more than 1,200 nurses at the public hospitals.
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