Doctors and staff have initiated a one-day work stoppage at hospitals, clinics and consultation offices of the Dominican Social Security Institute (IDSS). They are protesting the government’s failure to comply with the agreements signed last year with the different health unions. The representatives of the medical workers are asking authorities to comply with seniority payment, appointments of more doctors and administrators in the hospital and a better supply of disposable materials with which they work, among other issues.
Perhaps the central argument for the protesting physicians and healthcare workers stems from their frustration at the reluctance of the officials at the National Health Service (SNS) to act on their demands, accusing the SNS to turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to their requests. They warned government that if their demands are not met after the 24-hour work stoppage, their protest actions will intensify.
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El Nacional
18 May 2017
