Medical
Residents Will
Have They Pay
Docked For The
13 Day Strike
Now that medical
residents at
state hospital
are back at
work, their
paycheck
tomorrow will be
a little light,
as the Caja
Costarricense de
Seguro Social (CCSS)
says it will
dock their pay
for the 13 day
strike between
June 14 and 26.
The CCSS says it
plans to deduct
the residents
pay by ¢458
million colones.
Rosa Climent,
medical director
of the CCSS,
said that on
average each of
the 475
residents will
have ¢966.000
colones deducted
from their
paycheck.
On average,
medical
residents at the
CCSS earn ¢2.230
million colones
monthly or
¢74.333 daily.
The strike
affect state
hospitals and
clinics, the
Calderón Guardia
hospital the
most affected
with the
suspension of 45
elective
surgeries and
more than 100
medical
appointments.
Other hospitals
affected by the
strike were the
Hospital México
and the San Juan
de Dios. |
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