Tanzania: Go Back to Work, Court Tells Medics

The high court (Labour Division) has issued a warning to the Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT) ordering it to comply with a court order issued last week, declaring the doctors' strike illegal.

The Court's warning, which was released to the media on Tuesday, directed the MAT president to use the media outlets to announce that they will obey the order. Earlier, the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Hussein Mwinyi, told the 'Daily News' that the government is waiting to see what steps the High Court will take against the doctors who have defied the court's order.

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