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Medical Residents Strike Over

The strike by medical residents of the CCSS is over and everyone is back to work after 13 days of crippling state hospitals and clinics.

The majority of the residents that attended the union meeting at the Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos assembly hall voted in favour of accepting the CCSS proposal of establishing a fund that would be made up of a contribution 8% of their base salary, is which is reimbursed if the resident stays on with the CCSS with their medical practice.

Although the vote was secret, 67% or 288 of the 425 residents in attendance voted in favour, while 134 against and three ballots nullified.

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