Doctors start 72-hour strike

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) has launched its 72-hour work stoppage at the country's 172 public hospitals and clinics as well as the 13 Social Security hospitals. The central issue is the government's refusal to authorize an increase in salaries, pensions and posting by opposition. CMD president Waldo Ariel Suero told reporters at a press conference yesterday that the doctors' demands are not politically motivated as was being suggested by Public Health Minister Dr. Bautista Rojas Gomez. During the strike the doctors will only deal with emergency cases and intensive care patients. Suero recalled the promises that were made by the same government under similar circumstances in November 2006. Suero is repeating as president of the CMD. His past presidency was marked by several strikes and few achievements in favor of public health and the physicians themselves.

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