Senior doctors have joined the strike by their juniors saying they are overwhelmed by the increased workload.
Junior doctors went on strike on December 1 demanding to be paid in United States dollars and improved working conditions. On Friday, senior doctors said they were withdrawing their services as negotiations between Government and striking medical professionals had reached a deadlock.
According to a Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ Association (ZHDA) letter dated December 14, 2018 and addressed to the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals clinical director and copied to the Health Services Board, the senior doctors said they were no longer able to cope with the workload. Said ZHDA:
Due to the ongoing industrial action by junior doctors, we as registrars are now overwhelmed by the workload and we are now unable to effectively discharge our services. We are, therefore, withdrawing our services immediately.
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