Panama to Doctors:
Accept Salary Solutions
Panaman'sPresident
Martin Torrijos demanded
doctors on strike for 16
days to accept salary
solutions, in a surprise
appearance on TV in
which he promised to use
all his power to
confront the crisis.
More than 5,000 doctors
and odontologists
workers of hospitals
belonging to the
Ministry of Health MINSA
and the Box of Social
Security CSS initiated a
strike on November 6, in
demand of 60 percent
wage increases.
Likewise, in the course
of negotiations,
physicians requested a
written commitment by
the government of not
privatizing the health
system, including the
abolition of a law that
allows hiring
individuals of medical
services paid with
public funds.
Torrijos said he is
willing to take the
necessary measures to
avoid that medical
strike from causing a
public health crisis.
He added he does not
rule out absolutely
nothing, but he
considered unacceptable
for the economy of the
country the wage
increase in a 60
percent.
The President denied
that privatization
figures in the agenda of
his government. |
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