Previously, the movement of doctors attached to the Health Ministry had urged contract medical officers to take emergency or medical leave on the dates proposed as a sign of protest.
Organisers told The Star on Tuesday that they asked doctors to take emergency or medical leave as they do not encourage demonstrations or flashmobs.A representative of the group, who declined to be named, said it had decided to proceed with the strike peacefully by instead taking emergency leave or medical leave “because demonstration or walkouts will cause harm”.
The group’s demands include the absorption of all contract MOs into permanent positions without any conditions or interviews; basic salary increments; higher on-call rates; a resolution to the shortage of specialists, MOs and house officers; and an automatic reduction in the compulsory service term for medical officers to three years.
Strike or not it’s a long wait does not make any difference