Zimbabwe specialist doctors join junior counterparts in strike

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Zimbabwe specialist doctors join junior counterparts in strike
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The move is set to worsen an already critical health situation in the country, where even basic foodstuffs are in short supply

Doctors protest in Harare, Zimbabwe. Picture: REUTERS/SIPHIWE SIBEKO

The country is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a decade, with public-sector workers saying they cannot even afford transport to go to work. Nurses are now working a three-day week, citing poor salaries. “We have noted with grave concern the wanton dismissal of more than 435 doctors, the continued summoning of doctors for disciplinary hearings, and the withholding of the paltry salaries for the doctors,” the union said.

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