Fired Zimbabwe state doctors reject offer to return to work

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HARARE: Zimbabwe state doctors who were fired for going on strike have rejected a government offer to return to work, their union said on Friday. ...

HARARE: Zimbabwe state doctors who were fired for going on strike have rejected a government offer to return to work, their union said on Friday.

Zimbabwe is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a decade that has seen resurgent inflation soaring to three-digit levels, eroding salaries and bringing back bitter memories of the hyperinflation era of a decade ago. "Sadly, the moratorium has come without a new offer on the table having been communicated to us," ZHDA said, explaining its rejection of the offer.The strike by junior and middle-level doctors has paralyzed state hospitals, used by Zimbabwe’s poor majority. Even before the strike, the hospitals had already been struggling with shortages of drugs and other basic products.

On Thursday Parirenyatwa Hospital, the country’s biggest, was deserted, with only a handful of desperate patients being attended to by nurses.

 

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