State doctors want more than agreed, strike threatens lives, Okypy says

About 650 state hospital doctors, set to receive €19.1 million over and above their salaries, overtime and allowances, to keep up financially with their private sector peers, are to go on strike demanding a further €2 million be added to that amount, a move state health services Okypy says could cost lives.

Pasyki union announced a 48-hour strike for the end of the month, after a meeting on Wednesday failed to lead to an agreement.

“We consider the strike unnecessary because...