Publication Date:
Tue, 2011-10-11 02:14
At least 340 of the nation’s approximately 5,000 residents quit and skipped work Monday after weeks of failed negotiations.
Protest leader Dr. Yona Waisbuch says the doctors demand higher salaries, particularly for newly qualified specialists. Waisbuch says these doctors struggle to support families on annual salaries of about $40,000.
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz warns the resignations endanger patients’ lives.
Israel has a socialized medical system in which all citizens are covered. Doctors are paid salaries by hospitals or HMO funds.
Israelis have staged demonstrations in recent months to protest spiraling costs of housing, education and consumer goods.
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