The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) Waldo Ariel Suero has denied reports that the government is proposing a 68% increase in wages for health workers including nurses, lab technicians and psychologists and 39% for doctors at public hospitals. He said the best offer the government has made to the doctors is a 15% increase. He said the agreement that has been reached is on retirement and the possible unification of workloads in public hospitals for the creation of a single health network (Red Unica de Salud). He dismissed the announcement as a media ploy by the government.
The Medina administration had said it has proposed a wage increase of up to 68% for nurses, bio-analysts and psychologists, and 39% for physicians as part of its negotiation process with Dominican Medical Association (CMD) representatives. If accepted, they said, the increases would become effective in 2017. The government also issued a call for doctors to fulfill one eight-hour shift. Doctors can currently hold multiple jobs at several medical centers.
The government also announced that it agreed to the retirement of 6,000 public sector employees over the age of 65 or with 20 years of service. Diario Libre reported that a consensus was achieved on three out of eight points.
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