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ALGIERS, March 10, 2010 (AFP) - Almost 200 striking Algerian doctors, dentists and pharmacists demonstrated Wednesday near the presidential palace to press their pay demands. The health professionals have been on strike since the end of December and the leaders of two unions were received by a presidential official, said Mohamed Yousfi, head of the National Union of Specialist Practitioners in the Public Health Service (SNPSSP).
After the meeting the SNPSSP and the National Union of Practitioners in the Public Health Service said the strike would go on until their demands are met. The marchers, carrying banners reading, "Mr President, the health system is sick", had planned to go right up to the presidential building, but riot police boxed them into a side street. The striking unions have maintained a minimum service that covers emergency care, the treatment of patients who are in chronic condition and a skeleton service in public hospitals. The public health sector employs about 30,000 doctors.
Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Date: 10-Mar-2010 15:30:09 |
