In the wake of their protest strike earlier this week, the Dominican Medical Association (AMD) has sent to the Public Health Ministry (SESPAS) a document outlining its pay demands. According to El Siglo, the document calls for a 50% hike in the base salary of all doctors except interns and residents. The AMD membership proposes smaller hikes for interns and residents depending on grade level. It also wants 25-50% "incentive pay" for "professional risks" and "service calls" for regular doctors. In the DR thousands of doctors nominally work for the state, and supplement their income through afternoon and evening work in private clinics. An estimate of the additional budget cost of meeting the AMD demands is RD$57,161,773 per month.
