Zimbabwe doctors strike
Zimbabwe’s doctors’ strike reaches 100 days mark
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government appeared hopeful that after 100 days, the doctors’ strike may finally be drawing to a close.
The students said they would be assessed on things they should have been taught by doctors who've been on strike for the past two months.
They said the state just decided to cut their salaries without consulting them.
Zimbabwe's labour court ruled the action 'unlawful' on Friday and ordered the medics back to their wards within 48 hours.
Doctors across the country are striking for a salary rise after rampant inflation lowered their pay to the equivalent of less than $100 (91 euros) a month in some cases.
The organisation said one way to solve the challenge of a weeks-long strike by Zimbabwean doctors is to lift all sanctions against the struggling country.
Zimbabwe’s public sector doctors went on strike on Tuesday after the government failed to meet their demands.
Mthabisi Bebhe told Reuters that contrary to reports in the state-owned newspaper The Herald, the association had not yet consulted with members following the meeting and the strike was still underway.
Doctors went on strike more than a month ago and all state-run hospitals have been affected.
Constantino Chiwenga says the striking doctors haven’t finished medical school yet and were still on internship.
Casualty ward doctors say they can't do their jobs properly and are not receiving back up from specialists.
More than 500 striking doctors in Zimbabwe have been suspended from work for refusing to go back to their posts.
The doctors say shortages of foreign currency to buy drugs and equipment is making it impossible to do their jobs.
The government says it’s made its final offer to the doctors and that those striking won’t be paid.
The strike has crippled major hospitals across the country and now nurses have threatened to join in.