The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) began their campaign yesterday, 10 May 2017, to secure a 25% wage increase. Their campaign will continue with a national strike if the Ministry of Public Health and the National Health Service do not implement the 25% increase in the salaries of the doctors who work in the decentralized hospitals run by the state. Earlier this year, the CMD had reached an agreement for over the board wage increases for public hospital but the decentralized hospitals were not included because the medics employed in these are hired by individual contracts.
Dr. Waldo Arielle Suero, the CMD head, told reporters on Wednesday, 10 May, that they are beginning a vigil with black lab coats at the Marcellino Velez Santana Hospital in Herrera and he warned that the protest would continue at different hospitals including the Juan Bosch in La Vega, the Hugo Mendoza pediatric center and the National Cancer Institute and other institutions.
11 May 2017
