ZIM STRIKE CRIPPLES HOSPITALS
Aug 13th, 2009 by admin
Services were paralysed at Zimbabwe’s state-run hospitals on Wednesday after doctors demanding better pay went on strike. The union, the Hospital Doctors’ Association (HDA) said doctors had walked out of the four major hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo after negotiations with the government ended inconclusively. They are demanding their annual salaries are raised above 1,000 US dollars a month. Brighton Chizhanje, president of HDA, said the current salary of 170 US dollars is inadequate and does not make provision for on-call allowances, transport and housing allowances. It is unclear how long the strike will last.
