Doctors' strike at Cibao hospitals

[NewsWhore]

Dozens of hospitals in the northern Dominican Republic are being hit by a 24- hour strike by doctors, who are demanding increased wages and a better supply of medicines. They are also protesting against the practices of charging patients at public hospitals and of hiring doctors without going through the required processes. According to Oscar Lopez Camacho, the regional vice-president of the Dominican Medical Association, the strike marks the first anniversary of the signing of an agreement with the Public Health Ministry, which promised to solve these and other problems.

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