The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) ordered a three-day strike at public hospitals nationwide starting on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 at 6am. The strike would continue until Friday, 20 October at 6am.
The strikers are demanding the government fulfill agreements signed. Health Minister Altagraica Guzman has said she would meet with the physicians a month after they call off the strike. The president of the CMD, Waldo Ariel Suero said they are open to restart talks with the minister.
The strike affects the indigent and the poor that are the primary users of the public hospital network affected by the strike.
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Diario Libre
17 October 2017
