The Palestinian Doctors Syndicate accused Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah of ignoring the demands of doctors in the West Bank and procrastinating in the implementation of what was agreed upon in the dialogue sessions held recently. The syndicate announced its intention to wage a protest strike starting from Sunday until their demands were met.
In a statement on Saturday the syndicate said their demands include ensuring justice among doctors based on specialization. The government has been stalling in answering their demands it highlighted.
The syndicate announced that Health Ministry doctors in the first protest week will leave work after 12:00 noon on April 9 11 and 13.
In the next week doctors will leave their offices from 10:00 a.m. on April 18 and 20. While in the third week doctors except for those working in emergency wards will not head to work on April 23 25 and 27 the statement underlined.