A health crisis is looming in the country as doctors announce a plan to escalate their industrial strike by suspending the minimum services being offered by some of their members. The declaration came after a stalemate between the medics and the Ministry, which prevailed upon the doctors to vacate some of their demands. Instead, at [&#8230;]

Impasse in healthcare as doctors escalate strike amid negotiations

The declaration came after a stalemate between the medics and the Ministry, which prevailed upon the doctors to vacate some of their demands.
“We had an impromptu meeting with some officials from the Ministry of Health in what we hoped to be an attempt to make the first right.
However, the doctors intended this to be the last strike and therefore called on the parties involved to get it right in the negotiations.
The doctors also denied earlier announcements by the CS that they had agreed on most of the grievances as presented to the Ministry by the Union.
She said that the Ministry and doctors also agreed to proceed with the negotiations on the matter of the CBA that lapsed.