Fed-Up Zimbabwean Doctors Down Tools
Doctors at the country's public hospitals are demanding better salaries and improved working conditions at a time when President Robert Mugabe's broke government is struggling to pay workers on time.
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Zimbabwe:
Striking Doctors Paralyse Health Sector
CAJ News, 20 February 2017
ZIMBABWE'S crippled heath sector has been plunged into further crisis as a strike by state doctors shows no sign of abating. Doctors are demanding the broke government pays them… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Doctors Reduced to Paupers, Profession Loses Lustre
Zimbabwe Standard, 19 February 2017
Zimbabwean children still consider being a doctor a dream job but many are likely to have a change of heart if they listen to the tales of some of the medics working in the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Health Specialists Join Doctors Strike
News24Wire, 17 February 2017
Zimbabwe government gynaecologists and obstetricians on Friday down tools in solidarity with striking state doctors, as the nationwide industrial action entered its third day,… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
'So Many People Dying' - Horror Tales From Zimbabwe's Hospitals
News24Wire, 17 February 2017
A Zimbabwean mother who's just given birth to a baby at 24 weeks is told there are no incubators. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Mugabe's Govt Threatens to Fire Striking Doctors
News24Wire, 16 February 2017
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government has threatened to fire striking doctors demanding better salaries and working conditions, as the industrial action spread and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Doctors Down Tools Over Low Salaries, Poor Working Conditions
News24Wire, 16 February 2017
Zimbabwe's state doctors at the country's major hospitals have downed tools over low salaries and poor working conditions, union leader said on Wednesday. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Doctors Down Their Tools Over Low Pay, Poor Working Conditions
Nation, 16 February 2017
Zimbabwean doctors working in public hospitals went on strike Wednesday demanding better pay and improved working conditions at a time the government is struggling to pay its… Read more »
