The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) has confirmed that there will be a protest march today leaving at 10am from the Salvador B. Gautier Hospital to the Ministry of Public Health. The public hospital physicians are pressuring for benefits including the back payment of salaries for residents and pensioners, as well as the increase in salary for more than 5,000 doctors excluded from the pay raise.
At a press conference, CMD president, Dr. Aldo Ariel Suero said that in addition to the march there will be another 48-hour strike at public hospitals on Wednesday and Thursday (25-26 October). He complained that the government was not open to talks or complying with the agreements.
The National Health System director, Dr. Jose Rodríguez Monegro and Public Health Minister Altagracia Guzmán insist the government is in compliance with the agreements with the public hospital staff and that several physicians are in violation of the agreements.
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24 October 2017
