Finance ministry condemns upcoming doctors’ strike

The finance ministry on Saturday condemned the planned 48-hour strike by doctors in public hospitals that is set to paralyse the health system next week.

The doctors’ union Pasyki said doctors would hang up their coats at 7.30am on July 2 until 7.30am on July 4, with skeleton staff tending only to emergencies from casualty or complications from inpatients.

Doctors’ unions and state health services organisation (Okypy) have been in talks to try and resolve issues about doctors’ incentives.