Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Kenyan doctors call off strike: union official




Kenyan doctors call off strike: union official
Kenyan doctors participate in a demonstration paralyzing heath facilities countrywide in capital Nairobi

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan doctors have called off a week-long strike demanding better pay, after the country's leaders pleaded with them to end the industrial action that left many patients unattended, a union official said on Tuesday. Some 2,300 members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union stopped work after the government said it could not meet their demands for a 300 percent pay rise. The doctors at state hospitals say their terms haven't been looked at for more than a decade. "We have called off the strike so that top union officials can negotiate with the government. ...read more..

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