UK junior doctors begin strike over pay
- 13-Mar-2023
Thousands of junior doctors in Britain walked out on Monday in a three-day strike that will disrupt patient care, as they protest over pay they say can work out at less per hour than a barista. The strike is the latest involving staff at Britain’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS), following walkouts by nurses, paramedics […]
Britain’s junior doctors prepare to strike over pay, burnout
- 10-Mar-2023
Fed up with a government he says doesn’t care, Poh Wang plans to go on strike with tens of thousands of other British junior doctors next week, saying he is overworked, underpaid and burdened with a student loan he cannot imagine paying off. The 28-year-old says he and his colleagues have been pushed to the […]
UK healthcare strikes to intensify
- 20-Feb-2023
Tens of thousands of junior doctors in England have voted for strike action next month, their trade union said on Monday, adding to a series of walkouts by nurses and ambulance workers putting pressure on an already strained health system. The British Medical Association (BMA), which represents some 45,000 junior doctors in England, said 98% […]
Doctors boycott OPDs in govt hospitals for raise in wages
- 28-Jan-2019
KARACHI: Junior doctors of government hospitals have launched province-wide strike in Sindh to press for their demand of raise in salaries and other facilities, ARY News reported on Monday. The young doctors have closed out-patient departments (OPDs) at Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital, Civil Hospital, Lyari General Hospital and other government medical facilities in the city, and […]